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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 discovers that he is the father of Sonia's unborn child?
(a) Karp.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Leo.
(d) Victor.

2. Who says they have nothing for a future?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Leo.
(c) Kira.
(d) Andrei.

3. What does Galina offer Kira when she visits her with things to sell?
(a) A stack of paper.
(b) Her furniture.
(c) Money.
(d) Her wedding dress.

4. What does Andrei confess he is worried about when Kira pretends to attend a meeting, but visits him instead?
(a) Leo's safety.
(b) His relationship with Kira.
(c) The future of the Communist Party.
(d) German counter-revolutionaries.

5. What does Andrei discover in the second wardrobe in Leo's room?
(a) A note from Pavel.
(b) Counter-revolutionary literature.
(c) Smuggled food.
(d) Kira's clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Irina say is trying to be "broadminded" when it comes to Victor's political choices?

2. How does Leo feel about Tonia?

3. What does Kira point out about her presence in Andrei's life?

4. Why has no one been assigned the extra rooms of Victor's apartment?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens between Stepan and Karp at a club?

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

5. What is the food store?

6. What steps does Kira take to try to send Leo to a sanatorium?

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

8. How does Kira and Andrei's relationship change the night he confesses why he had to stop seeing her?

9. Why does Leo refer to himself as a "gigolo"?

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

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