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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. Where does Kira's family stay in the city?
(a) At a boarding house.
(b) With Kira's aunt.
(c) With Kira's older brother.
(d) At their old house.

2. How old is Kira?
(a) 18.
(b) 28.
(c) 19.
(d) 21.

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

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

5. What does Kira observe happening to her father?
(a) He seems energized.
(b) He seems dulled.
(c) He seems ill.
(d) He seems like he is thinking all the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is not paid for their labor?

2. Why does Galina return to their old home?

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

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

5. Who tells Kira to "get her claws" into Leo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens between Kira and the British woman?

3. Why does Andrei order soup for Kira?

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

5. What happens when Alexander closes his textile shop?

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

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

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

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

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

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