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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Emma Abramovna's dacha?
(a) Peredelkino.
(b) Zhukovka.
(c) Komarovo.
(d) Barvikha.

2. When did Jewish-Italian physicist Bruno Pontecorvo defect to the USSR?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1958.

3. What is an ordinary temperature at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) 15 degrees.
(b) 0 degrees.
(c) 5 degrees.
(d) 10 degrees.

4. In Chapter 7 two weeks after depositing Dima's money, how much more does the ruble slip?
(a) 5%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 7%.
(d) 2%.

5. What color backpack does Andrei find in the closet in the back room that he can use for his hockey things?
(a) Purple.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

6. Where was Emma Abramovna from originally?
(a) Czechoslovakia.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) Bulgaria.

7. How old is Andrei's grandmother in Part 1: Chapter 1?
(a) About to turn 80.
(b) 93.
(c) 87.
(d) About to turn 90.

8. In Part 2, Chapter 1, what color warm jacket does Andrei find in the closet in the back room that belonged to Uncle Lev?
(a) Blue.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

9. What type of business does Fedya have?
(a) Chain of hotels.
(b) Chain of restaurants.
(c) Chain of bookstores.
(d) Several grocery stores.

10. When did Emma Abramovna's daughter emigrate to Israel?
(a) 1983.
(b) Late 1980s.
(c) 1991.
(d) Early 1990s.

11. In Part 2, Chapter 4, who from Andrei's soccer team speaks at the gathering Yulia invites him to?
(a) Oleg.
(b) Sergei.
(c) Ilya.
(d) Aloysa.

12. In Part 2, Chapter 1, at what temperature do people loosen their collars and take off their hats?
(a) 25.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

13. How long does it take for Andrei to walk to the Kremlin from his grandmother's apartment?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 25 minutes.
(c) 40 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

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

15. When was Andrei's grandfather Boris Lipkin killed?
(a) 2 months after Andrei's mother was born.
(b) 8 months after Andrei's mother was born.
(c) A year after Andrei's mother was born.
(d) A month after Andrei's mother was born.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the collapse of oil prices cause the Soviet Union to begin unraveling?

2. Where does Baba Seva say that Aunt Klava was and then returned to Moscow?

3. When the financial crisis hit in America, how much was Andrei's pay cut because he could only have three classes?

4. At the end of Chapter 7 because of the bule's devaluation, how much cheaper are Andrei's cappuccinos?

5. Where does Andrei do his classwork at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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