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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 Frank meet Kuriatin to discuss the issue when he fails to provide the wood?
2. What is Frank doing when he receives the letter from Nellie in the opening chapter?
3. Frank initially takes on an apprenticeship where upon finishing his courses?
4. After reading Nellie's letter, what does Frank tell his staff?
5. The kitchen-mother Frank finds watching his children normally is available for how much per day?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Frank tell those he finds awake when he arrives home after the break-in?
2. What does the reader learn of Frank's background in the opening chapter?
3. What are the various members of the Reid household staff doing upon Frank's arrival home after collecting his children at the station master's home?
4. What does Frank do after informing his household staff of Nellie's and the children's departure?
5. What concerns Frank following Mitya's party?
6. What initially transpires when Charlie wires that he will be arriving in Moscow?
7. What are some ways Penelope Fitzgerald shows Frank knows how to deal with Russians?
8. What does the reader learn in Chapter 26 regarding the reasons why Nellie left Moscow with her three children in the initial chapter?
9. What more exposure does the reader receive regarding Selwyn's character in Chapter 11?
10. Why does Frank make the effort to go up and down the street where Reid Press is located?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the interesting juxtaposition Chapter 16 reflects between traditions under which Reid Press has been operating, and the urgings of Bernov, the modern cost accountant? Explain the contrasts.
Essay Topic 2
What is the primary objective Charlie seeks in coming to Moscow? In what ways does Charlie attempt to achieve this goal? Once he departs in his return to Norbury, how do Frank and his children feel?
Essay Topic 3
Critical in Chapter 12 are the feelings Frank has toward Lisa. How does Penelope Fitzgerald accomplish revealing the state Frank finds himself in? What is the capability Frank has in recognizing and dealing with his instinctive emotions?
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