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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. Why does Victor feel he might get a better job?
(a) Because a better job opened up.
(b) Because he has worked hard.
(c) Because he has a degree.
(d) Because he told on Irina.

2. Why does Kira chase after the train Leo is in?
(a) She forgot to say goodbye.
(b) She is overtaken with fear.
(c) She wants to go with him.
(d) She wants to tell him about Andrei.

3. Who does Leo meet in the sanatorium?
(a) A young woman.
(b) A wealthy woman.
(c) A priest.
(d) His long-lost aunt.

4. How does Tonia describe her relationship with the food store?
(a) She says she is a full partner.
(b) She says she helped fund the store.
(c) She says she knows nothing of it.
(d) She says she owns her own food store.

5. What does Kira tell Andrei after Leo's arrest?
(a) Kira tells Andrei that she "sold" herself to him.
(b) Kira tells Andrei to take her home.
(c) Kira tells Andrei she wants to join the Communist Party.
(d) Kira tells Andrei that she loves him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "hard legacy" Stepan leaves Andrei?

2. What does Andrei ask Kira when he gives her a nightgown?

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

4. How does Kira feel about the food store?

5. What is Tonia's relationship to Leo as of Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Andrei say Kira cannot return his love?

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

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

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

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

6. Why has Stepan lost faith in the revolution/Communism?

7. What steps does Kira take to try to send Leo to a sanatorium?

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

9. What does Kira reveal to Andrei about the night he said he loved her?

10. What is the food store?

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