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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 the clerk at the food store feel they won't lose their job?
(a) Because Leo won't do the clerking.
(b) Because they are a member of the Communist Party.
(c) Because Andrei promised them protection.
(d) Because business is good.

2. What does Kira learn about Galina the night she visits Kira's apartment?
(a) That she is ill.
(b) That she is leaning toward Communism.
(c) That she is mad at Lydia.
(d) That she has turned against Communism.

3. Who discovers Victor in Marisha's room?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Andrei.
(c) Kira.
(d) Vava.

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

5. What does Vasili try to do after he is released from prison?
(a) To have Irina stay at a prison near home.
(b) To have Victor free Sasha and Irina.
(c) To have Sasha and Irina sent to the same prison.
(d) To have Victor sent to prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kira chase after the train Leo is in?

2. What does Pavel tell Sonia at his party?

3. Why does Kira need more money after she and Leo are expelled?

4. What does Leo buy once he has money?

5. What does Andrei confess he is worried about when Kira pretends to attend a meeting, but visits him instead?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with the wedding present Leo bought for Victor?

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

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

4. Why do students have to fill out questionnaires?

5. What happens when Kira watches a building under construction?

6. How is Kira's influence over Andrei shown during the report on the agrarian situation?

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

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

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

10. What does Kira reveal to Andrei about the night he said he loved her?

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