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

2. According to Stepan, what does dying of "ceaseless toil" mean?
(a) Disease.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Secret murder.
(d) Hunger.

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

4. Who questions Andrei's right to have an opinion of his own?
(a) Sonia.
(b) Leo.
(c) Pavel.
(d) Kira.

5. Why does Vasili say he always wanted a son?
(a) Because he can completely trust a son.
(b) Because he wanted to pass on his name.
(c) Because he had to pass on the business.
(d) Because there were too many women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who joins the Communist Party?

2. What does Leo buy once he has money?

3. Who does Pavel go after for his share of the money?

4. Why does Kira find it hard to be in the same room with Leo?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why do students have to fill out questionnaires?

6. How does Andrei treat Kira in Part Two, Chapters 1 - 4?

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

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

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

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

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