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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. Who owns a factory before the revolution?
(a) Distant relatives of Kira.
(b) Victor.
(c) Vasili.
(d) Alexander.

2. How do Kira and Leo travel?
(a) By ship.
(b) By train.
(c) By car.
(d) By foot.

3. How does Kira try to have Marisha thrown out of the apartment?
(a) Kira gives money to the Upravdom.
(b) Kira asks Leo to put her stuff on the street.
(c) Kira tricks Marisha.
(d) Kira hides her Communist Union of Youth card.

4. Who tells Marisha about the available room in Kira and Leo's apartment?
(a) Andrei.
(b) Maria.
(c) Leo.
(d) Victor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lydia tell Kira that wicked women like her should not be allowed to live?

2. How does Galina react to the new apartment?

3. How do Vasili and Alexander feel about the Communist Party?

4. What has Vasili been doing with his possessions?

5. Who gets elected to a position at the rally Kira attends?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Kira's sister say that Kira always gets her way?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Maria hide her handkerchiefs?

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