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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters IV through VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political party is in command of Russia?
(a) The Communist Party.
(b) The Revolutionaries.
(c) The White Party.
(d) The sides are still at war.

2. How does Kira's father get the apartment?
(a) The landlord is a cousin.
(b) A bribe.
(c) He pleads.
(d) He finds money.

3. What feeling does Kira worship?
(a) Love.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Gaiety.
(d) Pleasure.

4. How are Vasili and Alexander similar before the revolution?
(a) They were both wealthy and had to bribe officials to survive.
(b) They both participated in the revolution.
(c) They were both wealthy and ended up losing most of their possessions.
(d) They both had to hide their families.

5. What does Kira enroll as when she fills out her labor card?
(a) An engineer.
(b) A laborer.
(c) A student.
(d) A visitor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Kira and her family arrive at the beginning of this book?

3. How does Kira describe the way she responds to the feelings she has had throughout her life?

4. Why does Kira not pick up her student rations one night?

5. When Kira and Leo discuss their future, what do they talk about?

(see the answer key)

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