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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kira ask Leo to do after his night at the casino?
(a) Kira asks Leo not to go out with Tonia again.
(b) Kira asks Leo to leave Russia with her.
(c) Kira asks Leo to stop the food store business.
(d) Kira asks Leo to give the money to Pavel.

2. Who does Andrei say is "friendly with the wrong kind of people"?
(a) Kira.
(b) Leo.
(c) Pavel.
(d) Victor.

3. How long is Leo at the sanatorium?
(a) Two months.
(b) A year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Eight months.

4. Victor's engineering degree and marriage should help him with what?
(a) Feeling more successful than Kira.
(b) Getting a loan for a bigger house.
(c) Getting a better position in the Communist Party.
(d) Becoming closer to his family.

5. 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 Victor sent to prison.
(c) To have Victor free Sasha and Irina.
(d) To have Irina stay at a prison near home.

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

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

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

9. Why does Andrei give Kira money?
(a) He wants to help Leo.
(b) He has extra money that month.
(c) Kira mentions her financial situation.
(d) He knows she secretly needs it.

10. What does Galina offer Kira when she visits her with things to sell?
(a) Her wedding dress.
(b) A stack of paper.
(c) Her furniture.
(d) Money.

11. Who leads the group of soldiers into Leo's apartment?
(a) Victor.
(b) Karp.
(c) Andrei.
(d) Pavel.

12. Why does the clerk at the food store feel they won't lose their job?
(a) Because they are a member of the Communist Party.
(b) Because Leo won't do the clerking.
(c) Because Andrei promised them protection.
(d) Because business is good.

13. Who does Pavel go after for his share of the money?
(a) Victor.
(b) Karp.
(c) Kira.
(d) Leo.

14. Who tells Leo about their idea for a food store?
(a) Andrei.
(b) Karp.
(c) Tonia.
(d) Pavel.

15. Who discovers Victor in Marisha's room?
(a) Kira.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Andrei.
(d) Vava.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Stepan, what does dying of "ceaseless toil" mean?

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

3. What happens to Kira at the Institute?

4. What does Andrei ask Kira when he gives her a nightgown?

5. What does Kira give her mother?

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