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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color sun hat does Baba Seva always wear?
(a) White.
(b) Beige.
(c) Blue.
(d) Mauve.

2. Who was living in Baba Seva's apartment when she wanted to mortage it?
(a) Her daughter, her daughter's husband, and her boys.
(b) Dima and his second wife.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Dima and his first wife.

3. When did Andrei and his parents leave the Soviet Union?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1981.

4. What country has Russian recently attacked when Andrei comes to Moscow to stay with his grandmother?
(a) Estonia.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Kyrgyzstan.
(d) Lithuania.

5. When does Andrei remember he last took an annual trip to Europe with his grandmother and brother?
(a) Late 1990s.
(b) Early 1990s.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1998.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andrei's father do for a living?

2. Where did Baba Seva go to in the U.S. for her daughter's funeral?

3. Where did Uncle Lev and Baba Seva have a dacha?

4. When was Andrei's grandmother awarded her apartment?

5. During what month do Muscovites all leave for their dachas?

(see the answer key)

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