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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 happens to Russia?
(a) It becomes the USSR.
(b) It gains power over Europe.
(c) It dissolves.
(d) Lenin dies.

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

3. Where do Kira and her family arrive at the beginning of this book?
(a) St. Petersburg.
(b) Petrograd.
(c) Crimea.
(d) Moscow.

4. How does Victor respond to Kira's plans for her life?
(a) He says that women are needed in other areas.
(b) He says he will help her.
(c) He calls her smart.
(d) He ignores her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andrei ask Kira after meeting her at the rally?

2. Who interrupts Leo and Kira's trip?

3. How does Kira describe the way she responds to the feelings she has had throughout her life?

4. Why does Galina return to their old home?

5. What does Kira enroll as when she fills out her labor card?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens between Kira and the British woman?

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

7. What do the men who shovel snow reveal about Communism?

8. What is significant about Kira deciding to leave with Leo?

9. What happens when Alexander closes his textile shop?

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

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