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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. Why is Leo likely to be the only one to stand trial after the investigation in the food store?

2. Who gets arrested an hour before their train departs?

3. Who is told that they don't have many friends left in the Communist Party?

4. Who joins the Communist Party?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Karp and Pavel in regards to the food store investigation?

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

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

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

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

6. What happens to Kira at the House of Peasants that worries her?

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

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

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

10. How do Leo's partners in the food store feel about him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Kira spends the entire novel between two men. Describe how her relationships with Leo and Andrei set her up to not have either of them at the end of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Victor works hard to succeed in the Communist Party. Trace his steps and the impact his rise has on the people around him. What does Victor represent in Communism? What does his character help to reveal about Communism?

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