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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time does Andrei have plumbing problems the day of his grandmother's birthday party?
(a) 9:30 a.m.
(b) 10 a.m.
(c) 10:30 a.m.
(d) 9 a.m.

2. In Part 2, Chapter 12, what month is it?
(a) March.
(b) January.
(c) April.
(d) February.

3. In Chapter 6, how old is Yulia?
(a) 27.
(b) 32.
(c) 31.
(d) 29.

4. In Part 2, Chapter 12, who does Andrei remember that he knocked on his back in hockey with an open-ice check?
(a) Oleg.
(b) Anton.
(c) Grisha.
(d) Fedya.

5. In Part 2, Chapter 12, how many years was Shipalkin supposed to get if he did not provide the names of his fellow members of Mayhem?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

6. In Chapter 8, how much does Andrei have to pay to get a taxi home from the hospital?
(a) $18.
(b) $30.
(c) $15.
(d) $25.

7. In Part 3, Chapter 6, what effective percent of a wage cut did workers in a Siberian oil town have to swallow?
(a) 25.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 20.

8. How old is Yulia's mother?
(a) 63.
(b) About 55.
(c) Approaching 60.
(d) 59.

9. What time do the guests start arriving for Seva's birthday party?
(a) 7 p.m.
(b) 6 p.m.
(c) 4 p.m.
(d) 5 p.m.

10. When Seva is at the neurological hospital, what time are visiting hours?
(a) Noon to 8.
(b) 10 to 8.
(c) 8 to 5.
(d) 8 to 8.

11. Where did Yulia grow up?
(a) Saint Petersburg.
(b) Biysk.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Volgograd.

12. After taking the subway and then a bus, how far do Andrei and Yulia have to walk to Nikolai's dacha in Part 3, Chapter 1?
(a) 1 1/2 miles.
(b) Half a mile.
(c) A mile.
(d) 2 miles.

13. In Chapter 7 after Sergei's party, who does Andrei share a car with for the ride home?
(a) Vera and Boris.
(b) Boris, Misha, and Yulia.
(c) Vera, Yulia, and Boris.
(d) Boris and Nikolai.

14. How many people live in Kiev in Part 3, Chapter 6?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 7 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 5 million.

15. In Chapter 10, about how many people are at the police station where Shipalkin is taken after his arrest when Andrei arrives?
(a) Maybe 50.
(b) About 40.
(c) 39.
(d) 63.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what day of the week do the weekly Marxist study sessions for October take place?

2. When Andrei and Yulia go door-to-door to buy eggs, how many can they buy from one person?

3. In Chapter 11, how much is a pink sweater at a store that Andrei takes his grandmother to?

4. In Chapter 6, how much does Dima tell Andrei that residential property has declined in central Moscow since they last talked?

5. What is the name of the girl that Leg sets Andrei up with in Part 2, Chapter 12?

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