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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters VIII through XI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kira's family pack for resale to earn money?
(a) Textiles.
(b) Saccharine tablets and crystals.
(c) Food.
(d) Scrap lumber.

2. What happens to Alexander's business?
(a) It makes enough money to survive.
(b) He has to put it on "hold".
(c) It fails.
(d) It makes only a little money.

3. How do Vasili and Alexander feel about the Communist Party?
(a) They are excited to join it.
(b) They wish they had started it.
(c) They are reluctant to join it.
(d) They admit they don't know much about it.

4. Why does Kira stay away from her and Leo's garden meeting place?
(a) She does not want to see it without him.
(b) She is angry at Leo.
(c) She fears she might see him with someone else.
(d) She promised not to return there.

5. What does Kira say is able to evoke feelings of joy in her?
(a) Travel.
(b) A song.
(c) Education.
(d) Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What of Kira's family's possessions is left?

2. Who does Kira try to visit, but is refused?

3. Who tells Kira to "get her claws" into Leo?

4. How does Kira describe the way she responds to the feelings she has had throughout her life?

5. How old is Kira?

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