Characters and Places
Mean Adults
Communal Living
Outcasts
Propaganda
100
The person who refuses to take Sasha in after his father is arrested
Aunt Larisa
100
The adult who made the report on Sasha's father, then took Sasha's room from him, effectively making Sasha homeless.
Stukachov
100
Sasha considers this, given to him by a neighbor, a "treat."
Carrot
100
Borka Finkelstein is labeled "outcast" because (give 2 reasons)..
His religion/ He likes to read and wears glasses/ His parents have been arrested and most likely executed/ He admits to breaking the nose
100
Sasha refers to this person as a "Brilliant Genius of Humanity."
Stalin
200
The substitute teacher discussing "The Nose" with his class
Luzhko
200
The adult who refers to 10 year old students as "criminals" and "enemies of the people"; also, this adult mocks a child's religion
Nina Petrovna
200
This many "hardworking, dedicated" Soviet citizens share the "komunalka."
48
200
A result of being an "outcast" for Borka Finkelstein is...
Snowball "firing squad"/ Class vote to send him to the principal's office/ Nina Petrovna blackens out his face in the photograph
200
This is always on in Stalin's office
The light
300
The city in which the story is set
Moscow
300
The adult who threatens to take Sasha to prison if he doesn't become an informer for State Security
The Senior Lieutenant
300
The "komunalka" consists of this many kitchens and bathrooms
1 kitchen, 1 bathroom
300
Vovka Sobakin becomes an "outcast" following...
His father's arrest and execution (for being a wrecker)
300
Soviet citizens held Stalin's likeness and other state property in very high regard. Give an example.
Sasha wouldn't use newspapers with Stalin's picture on them for his makeshift bed ("Don't want to damage those.")/Janitor would not give Sasha the YSP banner without a stamp from the principal/Sasha can't image anyone would dare to destroy a statue of Stalin
400
The prison Sasha's father is taken to
Lubyanka
400
The adult who first told Sasha "they don't allow kids of enemies to join the pioneers'; also, told him to "get lost."
Aunt Larisa's husband/Sasha's uncle
400
When waiting for the bathroom in the morning, the families of the "komunalka" do this.
Sing patriotic songs
400
Sasha becomes an outcast following numerous transgressions. Describe two.
His father is arrested as an enemy of the people/ He breaks the statue/ He doesn't immediately tell the principal about his father's arrest/ He takes the banner, and marches on the teacher's desk/ He runs away from school
400
Sasha wouldn't be surprised to learn that children in capitalist countries have never even..
Tasted a carrot
500
Where Stalin's offices are located
Kremlin
500
This adult gives a speech, denouncing whichever child broke the statue, calling him a "a conspirator, a spy, a murderer, a provocateur, a degenerate."
Sergei Ivanych/the principal
500
Some individuals/families don't even have a room for themselves. Give an example of an "alternative" living arrangement in the "komunalka."
One room split into two, using bookcases filled with books about Stalin as a divider/ Living in a cubbyhole next to the toilet/ Living behind a curtain in the hallway
500
The Senior Lieutenant offers Sasha a deal that would allow him to still become a Pioneer, despite everything. What is the deal, and what is Sasha's final decision?
Become an informer (a "snitch") for State Security; Sasha runs away (he doesn't want to be a pioneer anymore)
500
Sasha believes that all wreckers are...
"Obviously, they're always caught"
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