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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 of Kira's family's possessions is left?
(a) Galina's jewlery.
(b) A little bit of money.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Lydia's piano.

2. Why do people leave Vava's in groups?
(a) Because they might get lost.
(b) Because they were great friends.
(c) Because the streets were not safe.
(d) Because Vava forced them.

3. Who is Leo's father?
(a) A thief.
(b) An admiral.
(c) A count.
(d) A minister.

4. What has Vasili been doing with his possessions?
(a) Burning them.
(b) Selling them.
(c) Giving them to other people.
(d) Hiding them.

5. What does Vava ask the guests to bring?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Firewood.
(c) Food.
(d) Sheets.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Argounovas and Petrovnas spend their time?

2. Who does Kira meet in the park for the first time?

3. What happens to Alexander's business?

4. What does Sonia tell Kira how to do?

5. What is the relationship between Victor and Kira?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is interesting about Kira and Andrei's relationship?

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

3. What is dishonest about the method that Galina and Kira's family use for packing saccharine tablets and crystals for resale?

4. Why does Andrei order soup for Kira?

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

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

7. Why does Maria hide her handkerchiefs?

8. How does Stepan help Leo and Kira after he barges into their cabin?

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

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

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