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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. What is the relationship between Victor and Kira?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Brother and sister.
(c) Father and daughter.
(d) Friends.

2. What does Kira's family pack for resale to earn money?
(a) Food.
(b) Textiles.
(c) Scrap lumber.
(d) Saccharine tablets and crystals.

3. Who tells Kira to "get her claws" into Leo?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Andrei.
(c) Galina.
(d) Stepan.

4. How does Kira describe the way she responds to the feelings she has had throughout her life?
(a) She doesn't know what prompts them and can't identify them.
(b) She hides her truest feelings even from herself.
(c) She finds them to control her and she sometimes disagrees with them.
(d) She doesn't share them with strangers, only with close friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Kira that he trusts her, although he doesn't know why?

2. Where does the black market form?

3. Why does Victor visit his family often?

4. How are Vasili and Alexander similar before the revolution?

5. Why does Kira stay away from her and Leo's garden meeting place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Sonia and Kira different?

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

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

4. Why are Alexander and Vasili reluctant to join the Communist Party?

5. Why does Maria hide her handkerchiefs?

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

7. What is contradictory about Kira declaring her devotion to Leo?

8. What sets Kira apart as an individual?

9. How might Kira's family feel in the first three chapters?

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

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