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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nellie has her pregnancies in what sequence in Germany?
(a) Dolly, a miscarriage, Ben.
(b) A miscarriage, Dolly, Ben.
(c) Ben, Dolly, a miscarriage.
(d) Dolly, Ben, a miscarriage.

2. What courses did Frank study prior to taking on an apprenticeship?
(a) Printing.
(b) Mechanical engineering and printing.
(c) Editing.
(d) Architechtural engineering.

3. During his talk with Selwyn, Frank appears to be concentrating too much on what?
(a) Himself.
(b) Miss Kinsman.
(c) His children.
(d) Nellie.

4. Who is born in late autumn of 1911?
(a) Annushka.
(b) Alicia.
(c) Alexandra.
(d) Andrea.

5. What is Kuriatin supposed to be supplying Reid Press?
(a) Wood for floor repairs.
(b) Wood to replace old stairs.
(c) Wood for shipping crates.
(d) Wood to construct work tables.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Frank's company?

2. In Chapter 6, Frank believes that foreigners will be able to run businesses in Moscow for how many more years?

3. The choral society Frank and Nellie met at was performing what at the time?

4. What does Charlie wire Frank back the third day?

5. What town does Lisa come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Frank do after they leave the Defense Ministry that apparently prompts Volodya to suggest they forgive each other, and how does Frank initially respond?

2. What are some of the proposals the new cost accountant, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bernov, offers on his first day of work at Reid Press?

3. What is Frank's answer to Selwyn in Chapter 10 when he asks how his book, Birch Tree Thoughts, is going?

4. In the first paragraph of Chapter 1, what situation occurs, the resolution of which is the main thrust of the tale?

5. Why does Frank make the effort to go up and down the street where Reid Press is located?

6. What transpires after Frank receives a telephone call from the Security Police on Palm Sunday?

7. What noticeable change is there in Nellie's attitude once she arrives in Moscow?

8. Who is Kuriatin, the character Penelope Fitzgerald introduces in Chapter 7?

9. What conversation do Selwyn and Charlie have over tea regarding Dolly's handiness in the kitchen?

10. At supper on the day Charlie returns to England, what is Lisa's response, when prodded by Frank, to Ben's inquiry regarding how it is better for women now than it was ten years ago?

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