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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kira say is able to evoke feelings of joy in her?
(a) Travel.
(b) Education.
(c) A song.
(d) Family.

2. Who says they cannot take on the duties of the G.P.U. again?
(a) Pavel.
(b) Andrei.
(c) Leo.
(d) Sonia.

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

4. Why does Kira ask Andrei if he feels like he is missing something?
(a) Because he hasn't loved anyone before.
(b) Because he belongs to the Communist Party.
(c) Because he was late to the opera.
(d) Because he does not belong to the Communist Party.

5. What does Kira's family pack for resale to earn money?
(a) Textiles.
(b) Food.
(c) Saccharine tablets and crystals.
(d) Scrap lumber.

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

7. When Kira and Leo discuss their future, what do they talk about?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Communism.
(c) Engineering degrees.
(d) Crimea.

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

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

10. Who does Kira go to the ballet with?
(a) Leo.
(b) Alexander.
(c) Victor.
(d) Andrei.

11. Where do Kira and her family arrive at the beginning of this book?
(a) Crimea.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Petrograd.

12. How is Kira's family surviving financially?
(a) The soap business.
(b) The textile store.
(c) Selling their ration cards.
(d) They are living off of their savings.

13. How does Victor respond to Kira's plans for her life?
(a) He ignores her.
(b) He says he will help her.
(c) He calls her smart.
(d) He says that women are needed in other areas.

14. Where does Kira's family stay in the city?
(a) At their old house.
(b) At a boarding house.
(c) With Kira's older brother.
(d) With Kira's aunt.

15. What business does Alexander begin?
(a) Soap making.
(b) Textile factory.
(c) Bookkeeping.
(d) Pig processing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is not paid for their labor?

3. Whose illness becomes worse in the spring?

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

5. How does Lydia respond when Andrei asks her to play the piano?

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