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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Galina offer Kira when she visits her with things to sell?
(a) Her wedding dress.
(b) A stack of paper.
(c) Money.
(d) Her furniture.

2. Why does Kira not pick up her student rations one night?
(a) Someone else took her ration.
(b) She has no way to pick them up.
(c) She is angry with her family.
(d) She is busy thinking of Leo.

3. What year is it in the beginning of this book?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1919.

4. What does Irina fear will happen to Sasha?
(a) Irina fears Sasha will be exiled to Siberia.
(b) Irina fears Sasha will join the Communist Party.
(c) Irina fears Sasha will discover her affair.
(d) Irina fears Sasha will be executed.

5. Why do Kira and her family flee?
(a) War.
(b) Lack of jobs.
(c) Disease.
(d) Crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lydia react to the return of her piano?

2. Who tells Kira that he trusts her, although he doesn't know why?

3. Where do Leo and Kira often escape?

4. How does Kira describe the way she responds to the feelings she has had throughout her life?

5. How are Vasili and Alexander similar before the revolution?

(see the answer key)

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