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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 does Leo meet in the sanatorium?
(a) A young woman.
(b) A priest.
(c) A wealthy woman.
(d) His long-lost aunt.

2. Who joins the Communist Party?
(a) Victor.
(b) Leo.
(c) Kira.
(d) Andrei.

3. What happens to Victor at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) He is questioned about his role in Sasha's arrest.
(b) He moves into a new apartment.
(c) He buys Marisha an expensive gift.
(d) He is given a new job on a hydroelectric project.

4. Who wonders what they have done to "another man's soul"?
(a) Sonia.
(b) Kira.
(c) Andrei.
(d) Leo.

5. What happens to Kira at the House of Peasants?
(a) She is given a raise.
(b) She is asked to take a pay cut.
(c) She is dismissed from her job.
(d) Her coworkers make fun of her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovers Victor in Marisha's room?

2. What does Vasili try to do after he is released from prison?

3. Victor's engineering degree and marriage should help him with what?

4. Why does Andrei decide to investigate the food store?

5. What happens to Kira at the Institute?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Stepan lost faith in the revolution/Communism?

2. What happens to Karp and Pavel in regards to the food store investigation?

3. Why does Victor feel that he cannot get ahead in the Communist Party?

4. What makes Leo's illness particularly frightening for Kira?

5. How does Kira respond to Andrei's investigation of the food store?

6. How does Pavel show disrespect for people when he returns from lunch with Morozov?

7. What makes Vasili connect with Glieb?

8. How does Kira put Andrei's life in danger by sharing a secret?

9. What is the food store?

10. What does Katia tell Sasha one evening after Irina says she fears he will be exiled?

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