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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are partners in the food store?
(a) Leo, Karp, and Pavel.
(b) Leo, Karp, and Victor.
(c) Leo, Karp, and Andrei.
(d) Leo, Pavel, and Andrei.

2. Why does Kira find it hard to be in the same room with Leo?
(a) Because he had criticized her.
(b) Because of his illness.
(c) Because of her relationship with Andrei.
(d) Because they were fighting about money.

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 free Sasha and Irina.
(d) To have Victor sent to prison.

4. Who discovers that he is the father of Sonia's unborn child?
(a) Victor.
(b) Karp.
(c) Pavel.
(d) Leo.

5. How does Leo feel about Tonia?
(a) He says he needs to meet her more than once to know how he feels.
(b) He feels she is useless to him.
(c) He feels she has good connections.
(d) He feels jealous.

6. Who says they have nothing for a future?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Andrei.
(c) Kira.
(d) Leo.

7. According to Stepan, what does dying of "ceaseless toil" mean?
(a) Disease.
(b) Secret murder.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Suicide.

8. What does Leo buy once he has money?
(a) Foreign-made clothes.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Food.
(d) He hides his money.

9. Why is a Communist officer part of the food store plan?
(a) To keep an eye on the running of the food store.
(b) Because he needed extra money.
(c) To get shipments diverted to the food store.
(d) Because the officer is a traitor.

10. Who is education "for" in the USSR?
(a) People with money.
(b) Those loyal to the state.
(c) Only men.
(d) Everyone.

11. Who joins the Communist Party?
(a) Leo.
(b) Kira.
(c) Victor.
(d) Andrei.

12. Who ends up finding Pavel's note?
(a) Victor.
(b) Karp.
(c) Stepan.
(d) Leo.

13. 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 to marry him.
(c) Andrei asks Kira if she needs money.
(d) Andrei asks Kira to move in with him.

14. Who does Andrei say his gifts are for?
(a) His mother.
(b) Kira's family.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Kira.

15. Why does Andrei tell Kira he had to stop seeing her?
(a) Because he has a girlfriend.
(b) Because he loves her.
(c) Because he disagrees with her politically.
(d) Because she's too expensive to date.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kira ask Leo to do after his night at the casino?

2. Who tells Leo about their idea for a food store?

3. What does Andrei discover in the second wardrobe in Leo's room?

4. What happens to Kira at the Institute?

5. How long is Leo at the sanatorium?

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