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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tvyordov relates he is thinking of working in England just long enough so he can retire to his home village, Frank responds how?

2. Frank is used to human warmth, from his Russian work contacts and even his servants, but all Dolly gives him is what?

3. When Frank inquires, how does Lisa say she knows Volodya?

4. What is the quickest way to the Reid dacha after getting off at the nearby village railroad station?

5. The night before Lisa accompanies the children to the dacha, she tells Frank that Volodya had stuck a note to her in the library reading what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Selwyn describes to Frank his having come upon a woman who might be the individual to serve as the Reid governess, he relates having found her crying at work one day. What is the reason Lisa reportedly gives Selwyn for her tears? Why does Frank find this difficult to imagine taking place as Selwyn describes? What is Lisa's background that Selwyn provides Frank? Delineate the reason the reader believes causes Lisa to cry.

Essay Topic 2

What is the real motive behind Volodya breaking into Reid Press? How does Frank learn the true reason? What is it Volodya detests the thought of? What impression has Volodya made upon Lisa?

Essay Topic 3

Until Chapter 19, the reader is not made aware of the amount of pleasure the warmth of his family's life brings to Frank. How does the author achieve this? How much satisfaction does physical contact provide to Frank? How is it brought out how attune Frank is?

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