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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. What does Kira find to be "ignoble"?

2. What does Kira say is able to evoke feelings of joy in her?

3. Where do Kira and Lydia go together with Andrei?

4. Whose illness becomes worse in the spring?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kira's work environment like at the House of the Peasant?

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

3. What does Kira realize, after becoming more comfortable with her living conditions, about Communism?

4. What is contradictory about Kira declaring her devotion to Leo?

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

6. What does Kira pretending to be a prostitute reveal about her?

7. Why does Kira's sister say that Kira always gets her way?

8. Why does Andrei order soup for Kira?

9. Why does Kira have Andrei drop her off near her parents' apartment?

10. In what ways does Kira fail to follow the dictates of society?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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