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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. Why does Kira's family travel on the "threshold of a box car"?
(a) Because they were late arriving to the station.
(b) Because it was cheaper.
(c) Because it was the newest way to travel.
(d) Because there were not enough seats in the passenger cars.

2. Why does Leo get fired from his teaching job?
(a) He does not show up on time.
(b) He refuses to work for free.
(c) He does not know what he is teaching.
(d) He teaches anti-Communist lessons.

3. How do Vasili and Alexander feel about the Communist Party?
(a) They are excited to join it.
(b) They are reluctant to join it.
(c) They wish they had started it.
(d) They admit they don't know much about it.

4. Why can't Leo find a job?
(a) Because he was fired from his last job.
(b) Because he is not a member of a trade union.
(c) Because he did not finish school.
(d) Because he is not looking for one.

5. How are Vasili and Alexander similar before the revolution?
(a) They were both wealthy and ended up losing most of their possessions.
(b) They were both wealthy and had to bribe officials to survive.
(c) They both had to hide their families.
(d) They both participated in the revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Victor visit his family often?

2. When Kira serves only bread and onions for supper, what does she say?

3. What does Kira's family pack for resale to earn money?

4. Why does Kira not pick up her student rations one night?

5. Where does Kira's family stay in the city?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Kira feel toward Victor and his advances?

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

4. What is the purpose of the House of the Peasant?

5. What happens when Alexander closes his textile shop?

6. In what ways does Kira fail to follow the dictates of society?

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

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

9. What does Kira forget to do because she is too busy thinking about Leo?

10. Why does Kira have Andrei drop her off near her parents' apartment?

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