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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Kira go to work?
(a) The Technological Institute.
(b) House of the Peasant.
(c) She teaches with Galina.
(d) England.

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

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

4. What does Kira enroll as when she fills out her labor card?
(a) A visitor.
(b) An engineer.
(c) A student.
(d) A laborer.

5. Why does Kira stay away from her and Leo's garden meeting place?
(a) She is angry at Leo.
(b) She fears she might see him with someone else.
(c) She promised not to return there.
(d) She does not want to see it without him.

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

7. What does Leo tell Stepan?
(a) That he will sign any confession.
(b) That he is sorry.
(c) That he is hungry.
(d) That he was traveling alone.

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

9. What does Kira say she wants to do with her life?
(a) Become an engineer.
(b) Kira hasn't decided yet.
(c) Go to art school.
(d) Become a dancer.

10. What happens to Russia?
(a) It gains power over Europe.
(b) It dissolves.
(c) It becomes the USSR.
(d) Lenin dies.

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

12. 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 spent the night with Leo.
(c) Because Kira stole.
(d) Because Kira broke Lydia's piano.

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

14. What has Vasili been doing with his possessions?
(a) Burning them.
(b) Hiding them.
(c) Giving them to other people.
(d) Selling them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets elected to a position at the rally Kira attends?

2. In Kira's youth she...

3. Why does Kira pretend to be a prostitute?

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

5. What job does Galina take?

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