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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 Kira tell Andrei after Leo's arrest?
(a) Kira tells Andrei that she "sold" herself to him.
(b) Kira tells Andrei to take her home.
(c) Kira tells Andrei she wants to join the Communist Party.
(d) Kira tells Andrei that she loves him.

2. What does Leo buy once he has money?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Food.
(c) Foreign-made clothes.
(d) He hides his money.

3. Why has no one been assigned the extra rooms of Victor's apartment?
(a) Because Marisha won't allow him to rent them out.
(b) Because he talked to a friend about it.
(c) Because he will be arrested soon.
(d) Because he owns the apartment.

4. Why does Andrei decide to investigate the food store?
(a) To test the Communist Party.
(b) To start a fight with Pavel.
(c) To impress Kira.
(d) To put Leo out of business.

5. Where does Kira tell Leo the money came from?
(a) An error in her paycheck.
(b) A wealthy uncle in Budapest.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Andrei.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will likely be a victim if the Communist Party purges itself after the investigation of the food store?

2. What does Kira ask Leo to do after his night at the casino?

3. Who is told that they don't have many friends left in the Communist Party?

4. Who discovers Victor in Marisha's room?

5. Who does Victor marry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Kira comes home after Victor's wedding party?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What makes Vasili connect with Glieb?

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

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