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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. Why does Leo get fired from his teaching job?
(a) He teaches anti-Communist lessons.
(b) He does not show up on time.
(c) He refuses to work for free.
(d) He does not know what he is teaching.

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

3. What is the relationship between Victor and Kira?
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Friends.
(c) Father and daughter.
(d) Cousins.

4. What does Kira observe happening to her father?
(a) He seems like he is thinking all the time.
(b) He seems dulled.
(c) He seems ill.
(d) He seems energized.

5. When Kira serves only bread and onions for supper, what does she say?
(a) That she already ate her portion.
(b) That she actually really likes fried onions.
(c) That she was too tired to cook.
(d) That Leo needs to get more food off the black market.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kira go to the ballet with?

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

3. How does Kira's father get the apartment?

4. What does Galina ask Kira for?

5. Who says they cannot take on the duties of the G.P.U. again?

(see the answer key)

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