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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What of Kira's family's possessions is left?
(a) Lydia's piano.
(b) Galina's jewlery.
(c) A little bit of money.
(d) Nothing.

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

3. What political party is in command of Russia?
(a) The Revolutionaries.
(b) The Communist Party.
(c) The White Party.
(d) The sides are still at war.

4. Who is not paid for their labor?
(a) The Communist officers.
(b) The men who work as guards.
(c) The men who shovel snow.
(d) Women.

5. In Kira's youth she...
(a) Was not educated.
(b) Had a good education.
(c) Ran away from school.
(d) Did not finish her education.

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

7. How does Kira's father get the apartment?
(a) He finds money.
(b) The landlord is a cousin.
(c) He pleads.
(d) A bribe.

8. Maria and Vasili's family can best be described as ______?
(a) Revolutionaries.
(b) Struggling financially.
(c) Government officials.
(d) Wealthy.

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

10. How old is Kira?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 19.
(d) 28.

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

12. Who says "easier to get one--than two--out of the G.P.U."?
(a) Kira.
(b) Andrei.
(c) Leo.
(d) Stepan.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Victor and Kira?

2. How do Vasili and Alexander feel about the Communist Party?

3. How does Kira feel about their return to the city?

4. What business does Alexander begin?

5. How do the Argounovas and Petrovnas spend their time?

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