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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Olya comes home from school in "September," what tourists is her mother acting as an interpreter for?
(a) German.
(b) Korean.
(c) Japanese.
(d) French.

2. What did Ksyusha have to do every summer until she was 17?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Watch her younger brother.
(c) Tend store.
(d) Herding.

3. In "September," what does Olya remember Diana borrowing to wear?
(a) Earrings.
(b) Barrettes.
(c) Skirts.
(d) T-shirts.

4. Where does the Golosovsky girls' father live?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Lithuania.
(c) Belarus.
(d) St. Petersburg.

5. When did Valentina's parents move to Kamchatka?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1963.

6. What does Sophia keep on the end of her bed?
(a) Grandmother's quilt.
(b) Wool blanket.
(c) Duvet.
(d) Stuffed animals.

7. In July, how long does it take Alyona and Sophia to take the bus to the zoo?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 35 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 25 minutes.

8. If Sophia and Alyona had kept walking along the shoreline in "August," how many story tall apartment buildings would they have seen?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

9. In "October," what do Max and Katya forget?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Tea.
(c) Tent.
(d) Sleeping bags.

10. What does Chander's family do for a living?
(a) Herding.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Farming.
(d) Fishing.

11. How old was Katya when she lived with a man?
(a) 22.
(b) 30s.
(c) 20s.
(d) 27.

12. How long of a break is there between classes ending and the dance practice beginning for Ksyusha and Alisa?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 1 1/2 hours.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 2 hours.

13. What color streaks does Alisa have in her hair?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Orange.

14. When there was a fuel crisis in 1998, how long was Palana without power?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 10 months.
(c) 3 or 4 months.
(d) A year.

15. How close to home do the herders from Esso drive the deer in early summer?
(a) 40 kilometers.
(b) 25 kilometers.
(c) 30 kilometers.
(d) 15 kilometers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the Kamchatka Peninsula?

2. What time does Alyona tell Sophia a story in "August"?

3. What does Ksyusha remember her borther and Ruslan playing together on the street outside her house?

4. When Oksana and Katya went on a work retreat in August, how long did they have to walk through a marsh?

5. What do Max and Katya camp near in "October"?

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