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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. Why does Kira not pick up her student rations one night?
(a) She is busy thinking of Leo.
(b) She has no way to pick them up.
(c) She is angry with her family.
(d) Someone else took her ration.

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

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

4. How does Galina react to the new apartment?
(a) She is surprisingly pleased with it.
(b) She says she feels overwhelmed.
(c) She does not like the color.
(d) She says it can be made into a home.

5. Who asks a clerk for an extra week's ration card?
(a) Galina.
(b) Leo.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Kira.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Leo's father?

3. Why can't Leo find a job?

4. What job does Galina take?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Kira think that returning to Petrograd is the start of something wonderful?

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

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

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

8. Why does Andrei order soup for Kira?

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

10. Why does Maria hide her handkerchiefs?

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