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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kira try to have Marisha thrown out of the apartment?
(a) Kira gives money to the Upravdom.
(b) Kira asks Leo to put her stuff on the street.
(c) Kira tricks Marisha.
(d) Kira hides her Communist Union of Youth card.

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

3. Why does Victor visit his family often?
(a) He is interested in Kira.
(b) He is bored.
(c) He is looking for food.
(d) He needs money.

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

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

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

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

8. What happens at the rally Kira attends?
(a) People rally for more food.
(b) People protest the revolution.
(c) People are elected to positions in the government.
(d) People celebrate their history.

9. Who tells Kira that he trusts her, although he doesn't know why?
(a) Vasili.
(b) Andrei.
(c) Leo.
(d) Lydia.

10. Where does the black market form?
(a) The capitol.
(b) Alexander's textile shop.
(c) Crimea.
(d) The railway station.

11. Who interrupts Leo and Kira's trip?
(a) Andrei.
(b) A communist officer.
(c) Kira's family.
(d) Victor.

12. Who calls Kira to the office of the Communist Cell for questioning?
(a) Pavel.
(b) Leo.
(c) Sonia.
(d) Andrei.

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

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

15. Who is Andrei?
(a) An anti-communist speaker.
(b) A friend of Leo's.
(c) A member of the G.P.U.
(d) An elected official.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Alexander's business?

2. What does Kira enroll as when she fills out her labor card?

3. Who is Leo's father?

4. When Kira serves only bread and onions for supper, what does she say?

5. What does Leo tell Stepan?

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