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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. How does Kira's father get the apartment?
(a) He finds money.
(b) A bribe.
(c) The landlord is a cousin.
(d) He pleads.

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

3. Who is not paid for their labor?
(a) Women.
(b) The men who shovel snow.
(c) The men who work as guards.
(d) The Communist officers.

4. How does Lydia respond when Andrei asks her to play the piano?
(a) She tells him she wants him to play.
(b) She says she is tired.
(c) She tells him no.
(d) She plays the song for him again.

5. Why does Kira pretend to be a prostitute?
(a) She wants to get a reaction out of people.
(b) She is trying to avoid arrest.
(c) She wants to earn extra money.
(d) She wants to stay with Leo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kira say she wants to do with her life?

2. Where do Leo and Kira often escape?

3. Where do Kira and Lydia go together with Andrei?

4. Where does Leo say he is going the night Kira finds out she won't be questioned any further?

5. What political party is in command of Russia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Andrei different from many other Communist supporters?

2. Why does Andrei order soup for Kira?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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