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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lydia respond when Andrei asks her to play the piano?
(a) She plays the song for him again.
(b) She tells him no.
(c) She tells him she wants him to play.
(d) She says she is tired.

2. How does Galina react to the new apartment?
(a) She is surprisingly pleased with it.
(b) She does not like the color.
(c) She says it can be made into a home.
(d) She says she feels overwhelmed.

3. What does Galina ask Kira for?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) A place to live.

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

5. Kira's sister feels that Kira...
(a) Always gets her way.
(b) Gives up easily.
(c) Is the favorite.
(d) Is manipulative.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kira pretend to be a prostitute?

2. What does Victor study?

3. What happens to Alexander's business?

4. What feeling does Kira worship?

5. How do Kira and Leo travel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kira pretending to be a prostitute reveal about her?

2. What does Kira realize, after becoming more comfortable with her living conditions, about Communism?

3. Why does Kira fear for Leo's safety after their second meeting?

4. Why does Maria hide her handkerchiefs?

5. Why does Leo feel there is much against him and Kira?

6. How does Kira's family respond to her goal of becoming an engineer?

7. What makes Andrei different from many other Communist supporters?

8. What happens to Leo's father's apartment?

9. Why does Victor say that Kira's wish to become an engineer is inappropriate?

10. What is Kira's work environment like at the House of the Peasant?

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