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

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

3. What of Kira's family's possessions is left?
(a) Lydia's piano.
(b) Galina's jewlery.
(c) A little bit of money.
(d) Nothing.

4. How do the Argounovas and Petrovnas spend their time?
(a) Planning a joint business venture.
(b) Catching up and sharing news.
(c) Trying to make money.
(d) Planning a revolution.

5. How does Kira feel about their return to the city?
(a) She is indifferent.
(b) That it is the beginning of something wonderful.
(c) That it's like they never left.
(d) That they may have been better to not return.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Kira pretend to be a prostitute?

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

4. Kira's sister feels that Kira...

5. How does Galina react to the new apartment?

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