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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters IX through XIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Irina fear will happen to Sasha?
(a) Irina fears Sasha will join the Communist Party.
(b) Irina fears Sasha will be exiled to Siberia.
(c) Irina fears Sasha will discover her affair.
(d) Irina fears Sasha will be executed.

2. How does Kira describe the way she responds to the feelings she has had throughout her life?
(a) She hides her truest feelings even from herself.
(b) She finds them to control her and she sometimes disagrees with them.
(c) She doesn't share them with strangers, only with close friends.
(d) She doesn't know what prompts them and can't identify them.

3. Who is Andrei?
(a) An elected official.
(b) A member of the G.P.U.
(c) A friend of Leo's.
(d) An anti-communist speaker.

4. How do Vasili and Alexander feel about the Communist Party?
(a) They wish they had started it.
(b) They are excited to join it.
(c) They are reluctant to join it.
(d) They admit they don't know much about it.

5. Where does Kira's family stay in the city?
(a) With Kira's aunt.
(b) At their old house.
(c) With Kira's older brother.
(d) At a boarding house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Leo's father?

2. Who says "easier to get one--than two--out of the G.P.U."?

3. How does Victor respond to Kira's plans for her life?

4. What happens when Kira meets Leo for the second time?

5. How does Kira feel about the food store?

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