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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leo buy once he has money?
(a) He hides his money.
(b) Foreign-made clothes.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Food.

2. What happens to Kira at the Institute?
(a) She stops going to class.
(b) She gets expelled.
(c) She wins an award.
(d) She graduates.

3. Why does Andrei give Kira money?
(a) Kira mentions her financial situation.
(b) He knows she secretly needs it.
(c) He has extra money that month.
(d) He wants to help Leo.

4. What does Vasili try to do after he is released from prison?
(a) To have Victor sent to prison.
(b) To have Irina stay at a prison near home.
(c) To have Sasha and Irina sent to the same prison.
(d) To have Victor free Sasha and Irina.

5. Why does Andrei decide to investigate the food store?
(a) To put Leo out of business.
(b) To impress Kira.
(c) To test the Communist Party.
(d) To start a fight with Pavel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Kira late coming home from work the day Vava was in Leo's room?

2. What do the doctors tell Leo?

3. Who does Irina say is trying to be "broadminded" when it comes to Victor's political choices?

4. Why does Kira need more money after she and Leo are expelled?

5. According to Stepan, what does dying of "ceaseless toil" mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Victor feel that he cannot get ahead in the Communist Party?

2. How does Kira respond to Andrei's investigation of the food store?

3. What happens with the wedding present Leo bought for Victor?

4. What happens when Kira comes home after Victor's wedding party?

5. How does Kira and Andrei's relationship change the night he confesses why he had to stop seeing her?

6. What does Katia tell Sasha one evening after Irina says she fears he will be exiled?

7. How is Kira's influence over Andrei shown during the report on the agrarian situation?

8. Why does Leo refer to himself as a "gigolo"?

9. What happens when Kira watches a building under construction?

10. How does Pavel show disrespect for people when he returns from lunch with Morozov?

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