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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kira send home to her family in the beginning of Chapter 12?

2. How does Victor respond to Kira's plans for her life?

3. What happens to Lenin in the spring of 1923?

4. Who does Kira meet in the park for the first time?

5. Who says "easier to get one--than two--out of the G.P.U."?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is contradictory about Kira declaring her devotion to Leo?

2. How does Kira's family respond to her goal of becoming an engineer?

3. How does Kira feel toward Victor and his advances?

4. What does Kira pretending to be a prostitute reveal about her?

5. Why are Alexander and Vasili reluctant to join the Communist Party?

6. Why does Kira fear for Leo's safety after their second meeting?

7. Why does Leo feel there is much against him and Kira?

8. What happens to Leo's father's apartment?

9. Why does Victor say that Kira's wish to become an engineer is inappropriate?

10. What is significant about Kira deciding to leave with Leo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using details from the novel, describe what you think Russia would look like if it were NOT a Communist country. How would Kira's ideals translate into a government? What would daily life be like? How would this differ from the Russia of "We the Living"?

Essay Topic 2

At the conclusion of "We the Living", Kira tries to escape. Who else tries to escape in this novel? Describe their attempts and outcomes. Why does each character try to escape? What does their escape and outcome represent?

Essay Topic 3

Pavel plays an important role in the lives of other characters in "We the Living". Examine his role in the lives of at least three other characters. Does he influence any of their decisions? Does he help them? Does he harm them? What impact does he have in their lives? What would be different if Pavel were not in this novel? What does Pavel represent to these characters and to the novel as a whole?

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