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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 happens when Kira meets Leo for the second time?

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

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

4. What feeling does Kira worship?

5. Kira's sister feels that Kira...

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What sets Kira apart as an individual?

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

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

7. How might Kira's family feel in the first three chapters?

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

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

Kira values education greatly. Give examples that illustrate her respect for education, and then compare and contrast Kira's experience with education versus Victor's. What does this reflect in Communism?

Essay Topic 2

The weight of Kira's life ultimately forces her to escape, yet her escape fails. What do you think are the three biggest reasons why Kira has to escape? What does it mean that Kira was unable to leave Russia? What is symbolic about Kira's escape?

Essay Topic 3

"We the Living" takes place in several different locations. Analyze how location affects the characters and their actions. Please review at least three locations and/or settings.

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