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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else is traveling the same way Kira and Leo are?

2. Why does Victor visit his family often?

3. Who tells Kira to "get her claws" into Leo?

4. How does Lydia respond when Andrei asks her to play the piano?

5. Who asks a clerk for an extra week's ration card?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Leo feel there is much against him and Kira?

2. What is the purpose of the House of the Peasant?

3. What is significant about Kira deciding to leave with Leo?

4. How does Stepan help Leo and Kira after he barges into their cabin?

5. What do the men who shovel snow reveal about Communism?

6. What happens when Alexander closes his textile shop?

7. Why are Alexander and Vasili reluctant to join the Communist Party?

8. What is interesting about Kira and Andrei's relationship?

9. What is dishonest about the method that Galina and Kira's family use for packing saccharine tablets and crystals for resale?

10. What happens to Leo's father's apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kira spends the entire novel between two men. Describe how her relationships with Leo and Andrei set her up to not have either of them at the end of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

How does Andrei change during "We the Living"? Comment on his ideals, personality, emotions, etc. Please describe the events or people that contribute to Andrei's changes as well.

Essay Topic 3

As "We the Living" progresses, Communism's ideals are slowly dissolved and the Party is proven to be quite corrupt. Give three examples of how this transformation occurs from beginning to end of the novel.

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