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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kira learn about Galina the night she visits Kira's apartment?
(a) That she has turned against Communism.
(b) That she is mad at Lydia.
(c) That she is ill.
(d) That she is leaning toward Communism.

2. What does Pavel tell Sonia at his party?
(a) That he has a secret.
(b) That he is very important.
(c) That he loves her.
(d) That he knows where Leo is.

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

4. What happens to Alexander's business?
(a) It fails.
(b) He has to put it on "hold".
(c) It makes enough money to survive.
(d) It makes only a little money.

5. How do Vasili and Alexander feel about the Communist Party?
(a) They are excited to join it.
(b) They admit they don't know much about it.
(c) They wish they had started it.
(d) They are reluctant to join it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Leo meet in the sanatorium?

3. Who tells Marisha about the available room in Kira and Leo's apartment?

4. How does Kira respond to Andrei giving her more money?

5. What does Kira say she wants to do with her life?

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