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

2. Who joins the Communist Party?
(a) Andrei.
(b) Leo.
(c) Victor.
(d) Kira.

3. What does Andrei ask Kira the night he admits he had to stop seeing her?
(a) Andrei asks Kira if she needs food.
(b) Andrei asks Kira to move in with him.
(c) Andrei asks Kira to marry him.
(d) Andrei asks Kira if she needs money.

4. What does the G.P.U. offer Andrei when they ask him to drop his investigation of the food store?
(a) A promotion to a different department.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Money.
(d) A promotion or to be kicked out of the party.

5. What is Tonia's relationship to Leo as of Chapter 13?
(a) She is a long lost relative.
(b) She is trying to take him as a lover.
(c) She is an ex-girlfriend.
(d) She is a partner in the food store.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Andrei ask Kira when he gives her a nightgown?

3. What does Pavel tell Sonia at his party?

4. Why does the clerk at the food store feel they won't lose their job?

5. What does Kira give her mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the food store?

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

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

7. What makes Vasili connect with Glieb?

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

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

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

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