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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Victor's engineering degree and marriage should help him with what?
(a) Getting a better position in the Communist Party.
(b) Getting a loan for a bigger house.
(c) Becoming closer to his family.
(d) Feeling more successful than Kira.

2. Who wonders what they have done to "another man's soul"?
(a) Kira.
(b) Andrei.
(c) Leo.
(d) Sonia.

3. When Leo returns from the sanatorium, what does Kira note about his eyes?
(a) That they look better than before.
(b) That they are sad.
(c) That they have not healed.
(d) That they have changed color.

4. According to Stepan, what does dying of "ceaseless toil" mean?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Disease.
(c) Secret murder.
(d) Suicide.

5. How long is Leo at the sanatorium?
(a) A year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Eight months.
(d) Two months.

6. Why is Leo likely to be the only one to stand trial after the investigation in the food store?
(a) Because he doesn't have any good connections.
(b) Because Pavel is bringing him to trial.
(c) Because it is registered in his name.
(d) Because Andrei wanted it that way.

7. Who questions Andrei's right to have an opinion of his own?
(a) Kira.
(b) Leo.
(c) Sonia.
(d) Pavel.

8. Who does Victor marry?
(a) Marisha.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Sonia.
(d) Koko.

9. Why is Kira late coming home from work the day Vava was in Leo's room?
(a) She got robbed.
(b) She wanted to avoid Leo.
(c) She stayed late at work.
(d) She is with Andrei.

10. Why does Kira wear old clothes to work?
(a) Because she doesn't have money for new ones.
(b) Because she likes them.
(c) Because it keeps up the appearance that she needs her job.
(d) Because Leo won't buy her new ones.

11. Who joins the Communist Party?
(a) Andrei.
(b) Kira.
(c) Leo.
(d) Victor.

12. Who discovers that he is the father of Sonia's unborn child?
(a) Karp.
(b) Leo.
(c) Victor.
(d) Pavel.

13. Who does Andrei say his gifts are for?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Kira.
(c) His mother.
(d) Kira's family.

14. Who is told that they don't have many friends left in the Communist Party?
(a) Pavel.
(b) Sonia.
(c) Andrei.
(d) Victor.

15. Who will likely be a victim if the Communist Party purges itself after the investigation of the food store?
(a) Andrei.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Victor.
(d) Sonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leo feel about Tonia?

2. Why does the clerk at the food store feel they won't lose their job?

3. Who does Leo meet in the sanatorium?

4. What does Andrei confess he is worried about when Kira pretends to attend a meeting, but visits him instead?

5. What does Galina offer Kira when she visits her with things to sell?

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