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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Andrei decide to investigate the food store?
(a) To impress Kira.
(b) To start a fight with Pavel.
(c) To put Leo out of business.
(d) To test the Communist Party.

2. How does Kira feel about the food store?
(a) She says he'd be smart to take part in it.
(b) She says Leo is putting his life on the line.
(c) She has no opinion.
(d) She says she isn't sure how she feels yet.

3. What does Vasili try to do after he is released from prison?
(a) To have Sasha and Irina sent to the same prison.
(b) To have Irina stay at a prison near home.
(c) To have Victor sent to prison.
(d) To have Victor free Sasha and Irina.

4. Who does Irina say is trying to be "broadminded" when it comes to Victor's political choices?
(a) Leo.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her father.
(d) Victor.

5. What does Kira learn about Galina the night she visits Kira's apartment?
(a) That she is leaning toward Communism.
(b) That she is ill.
(c) That she has turned against Communism.
(d) That she is mad at Lydia.

6. How does Kira respond to the mandatory excursion guides' meeting?
(a) She left the meeting early.
(b) She can not remember anything they said.
(c) She signs a contract.
(d) She is able to repeat all the pro-party propaganda.

7. What does Kira give her mother?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) A dress.
(d) Furniture.

8. Why is Kira late coming home from work the day Vava was in Leo's room?
(a) She stayed late at work.
(b) She got robbed.
(c) She is with Andrei.
(d) She wanted to avoid Leo.

9. Why does Kira need more money after she and Leo are expelled?
(a) To send to her family.
(b) To move back with her family.
(c) To go to school.
(d) To send Leo to a sanatorium.

10. What does Kira do during Leo's absence?
(a) She finds a new job.
(b) She starts a business.
(c) She stays home alone.
(d) She lives with Andrei.

11. What does Andrei discover in the second wardrobe in Leo's room?
(a) A note from Pavel.
(b) Kira's clothing.
(c) Counter-revolutionary literature.
(d) Smuggled food.

12. What does Andrei ask Kira the night he admits he had to stop seeing her?
(a) Andrei asks Kira if she needs food.
(b) Andrei asks Kira if she needs money.
(c) Andrei asks Kira to move in with him.
(d) Andrei asks Kira to marry him.

13. Who does Leo meet in the sanatorium?
(a) A wealthy woman.
(b) A priest.
(c) A young woman.
(d) His long-lost aunt.

14. What is the "hard legacy" Stepan leaves Andrei?
(a) Pavel's note.
(b) His uniform.
(c) A letter of expulsion from the Communist Party.
(d) A small amount of money.

15. What does Kira point out about her presence in Andrei's life?
(a) That she won't be good for his career.
(b) That she wants to see him more.
(c) That she is only in it some of the time.
(d) That she is good for him as a person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Andrei say his gifts are for?

2. What happens to Kira at the Institute?

3. Why does Andrei tell Kira he had to stop seeing her?

4. What happens to Victor at the beginning of Chapter 9?

5. Why is Leo likely to be the only one to stand trial after the investigation in the food store?

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