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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at the rally Kira attends?
(a) People celebrate their history.
(b) People rally for more food.
(c) People protest the revolution.
(d) People are elected to positions in the government.

2. What is the apartment Kira's family moves into like?
(a) Small but sunny.
(b) Larger than they expected.
(c) Small and dismal.
(d) Large but dark.

3. Why does Lydia tell Kira that wicked women like her should not be allowed to live?
(a) Because Kira spent the night with Leo.
(b) Because Kira disagreed with Lydia about Communism.
(c) Because Kira broke Lydia's piano.
(d) Because Kira stole.

4. Who does Kira meet in the park for the first time?
(a) Victor.
(b) A communist officer.
(c) Andrei.
(d) Leo.

5. Who says that Kira is "selfish" and "anti-social"?
(a) Alexander.
(b) Vasili.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Victor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Kira's family travel on the "threshold of a box car"?

3. How does Kira try to have Marisha thrown out of the apartment?

4. What of Kira's family's possessions is left?

5. What is Leo not allowed to see Kira do?

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