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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Kira pretend to be a prostitute?
(a) She wants to earn extra money.
(b) She wants to get a reaction out of people.
(c) She wants to stay with Leo.
(d) She is trying to avoid arrest.

3. 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 doesn't know what prompts them and can't identify them.
(c) She doesn't share them with strangers, only with close friends.
(d) She finds them to control her and she sometimes disagrees with them.

4. Kira's sister feels that Kira...
(a) Is manipulative.
(b) Is the favorite.
(c) Gives up easily.
(d) Always gets her way.

5. How does Vasili feel about the revolution?
(a) He thinks that the revolution will provide him with new business opportunities.
(b) He feels that the revolution was a good thing.
(c) He is planning on leaving the country.
(d) He believes things will return to how they were before the revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Vasili been doing with his possessions?

2. Where does Kira's family stay in the city?

3. What does Andrei ask Kira after meeting her at the rally?

4. What year is it in the beginning of this book?

5. What happens to Lenin in the spring of 1923?

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