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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. Where does Baba Seva say that Aunt Klava was and then returned to Moscow?
2. When did Jewish-Italian physicist Bruno Pontecorvo defect to the USSR?
3. When Andrei is sick in Part 2, Chapter 5, how often does his grandmother check on him?
4. How much does Fedya tell Andrei to bring to play hockey on a Wednesday in Chapter 8?
5. When did the collapse of oil prices cause the Soviet Union to begin unraveling?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Andrei late depositing the money for the rent into Dima's account, and does the delay cost or earn Dima money?
2. Who are the people subletting Dima's apartment?
3. Why did Baba Seva lose her job at Moscow State, and how did she survive as a widow?
4. In Part 2, Chapter 4, why does Baba Seva say it is her fault her daughter left Russia and died in America?
5. How did Baba Seva and her second husband, Uncle Lev, lose their dacha?
6. What coat does Andrei find that is warmer than the one he brought from New York in Part 2, Chapter 1?
7. Why does a man named Richard Sutherland contact Andrei in Chapter 6?
8. How did Andrei's parents remain bound to Russian even after they came to America?
9. In Chapter 6, what happens to Andrei went he goes out with Howard, Roberto, and Michael?
10. In Part 2, Chapter 5, why does Andrei not see Sergei the next week?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the book, and why is that incident the climax?
Essay Topic 2
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?
Essay Topic 3
In Part 1, Chapter 5, Seva visits Emma. How does Seva compare herself to Emma? How and why does the visit make Seva feel insecure?
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