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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tonia describe her relationship with the food store?
(a) She says she helped fund the store.
(b) She says she knows nothing of it.
(c) She says she owns her own food store.
(d) She says she is a full partner.

2. Why has no one been assigned the extra rooms of Victor's apartment?
(a) Because he talked to a friend about it.
(b) Because he owns the apartment.
(c) Because he will be arrested soon.
(d) Because Marisha won't allow him to rent them out.

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

4. What does Irina fear will happen to Sasha?
(a) Irina fears Sasha will be executed.
(b) Irina fears Sasha will be exiled to Siberia.
(c) Irina fears Sasha will discover her affair.
(d) Irina fears Sasha will join the Communist Party.

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

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

7. 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.

8. Where does Kira tell Leo the money came from?
(a) A wealthy uncle in Budapest.
(b) Her parents.
(c) An error in her paycheck.
(d) Andrei.

9. Why does Victor feel he might get a better job?
(a) Because a better job opened up.
(b) Because he has a degree.
(c) Because he has worked hard.
(d) Because he told on Irina.

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

11. 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.

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

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

14. What does the G.P.U. offer Andrei when they ask him to drop his investigation of the food store?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A promotion or to be kicked out of the party.
(c) A promotion to a different department.
(d) Money.

15. What does Pavel tell Sonia at his party?
(a) That he has a secret.
(b) That he knows where Leo is.
(c) That he loves her.
(d) That he is very important.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is education "for" in the USSR?

2. Why is Kira late coming home from work the day Vava was in Leo's room?

3. Why does Andrei decide to investigate the food store?

4. What does Leo buy once he has money?

5. Who gets arrested an hour before their train departs?

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