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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 Irina fear will happen to Sasha?
(a) Irina fears Sasha will discover her affair.
(b) Irina fears Sasha will join the Communist Party.
(c) Irina fears Sasha will be exiled to Siberia.
(d) Irina fears Sasha will be executed.

2. Who does Pavel go after for his share of the money?
(a) Kira.
(b) Victor.
(c) Karp.
(d) Leo.

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

4. How does Leo feel about Tonia?
(a) He feels she is useless to him.
(b) He says he needs to meet her more than once to know how he feels.
(c) He feels she has good connections.
(d) He feels jealous.

5. Who does Andrei say his gifts are for?
(a) Kira's family.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Kira.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wonders what they have done to "another man's soul"?

2. What does Galina offer Kira when she visits her with things to sell?

3. Where does Kira tell Leo the money came from?

4. What happens to Kira at the Institute?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the food store?

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

5. What happens to Kira at the House of Peasants that worries her?

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

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

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

9. Why does Andrei say Kira cannot return his love?

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

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