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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Leo end up working after he starts going to the University?
(a) At the state's publishing company.
(b) At the Technological Institute.
(c) At the university.
(d) For the Communists.

2. How does Kira describe the way she responds to the feelings she has had throughout her life?
(a) She finds them to control her and she sometimes disagrees with them.
(b) She doesn't know what prompts them and can't identify them.
(c) She hides her truest feelings even from herself.
(d) She doesn't share them with strangers, only with close friends.

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

4. What scares Kira away from buying food on the black market?
(a) Seeing an old woman being revealed and arrested.
(b) Leo's scolding words.
(c) A group of soldiers who were following her.
(d) A man with a gun hidden in his jacket.

5. What does Andrei ask Kira after meeting her at the rally?
(a) He asks her out for coffee.
(b) He asks her to leave him alone.
(c) He asks her to stop talking about Communism.
(d) He asks her to the opera.

6. Why does Kira's family travel on the "threshold of a box car"?
(a) Because it was cheaper.
(b) Because it was the newest way to travel.
(c) Because there were not enough seats in the passenger cars.
(d) Because they were late arriving to the station.

7. Where do Leo and Kira often escape?
(a) Leo's father's apartment.
(b) Vava's.
(c) The country.
(d) Petrograd.

8. What does Sonia tell Kira how to do?
(a) Revolt.
(b) Rally.
(c) Petition.
(d) Vote.

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

10. How are Vasili and Alexander similar before the revolution?
(a) They both had to hide their families.
(b) They both participated in the revolution.
(c) They were both wealthy and ended up losing most of their possessions.
(d) They were both wealthy and had to bribe officials to survive.

11. How do Kira and Leo travel?
(a) By foot.
(b) By car.
(c) By ship.
(d) By train.

12. What does Kira consider her time with Leo to be?
(a) Life.
(b) Emptiness.
(c) Indescribable.
(d) Love.

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

14. How does Lydia react to the return of her piano?
(a) She practices for three hours a day.
(b) She says they should sell it for extra money.
(c) She says she was happier without it.
(d) She rarely plays the piano.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who says that Kira is "selfish" and "anti-social"?

3. Where does Leo say he is going the night Kira finds out she won't be questioned any further?

4. How old is Kira?

5. Who tells Kira to "get her claws" into Leo?

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