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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 7 Train to the Urals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness affects Yuri and most of the city in the winter?
(a) Typhus.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Measles.

2. What does Yuri tell Commissar Strelnikov he wants out of life?
(a) He wants the peace and anonymity of country life.
(b) He wants to experience real love.
(c) He wants to become wealthy.
(d) He wants to be respected as an author.

3. What prediction does Commissar Strelnikov make during his meeting with Yuri?
(a) He predicts that Germany will invade Russia again.
(b) He predicts that Yuri will die as an old man in his bed.
(c) He predicts that they will meet again.
(d) He predicts that Yuri will become a famous poet and author.

4. How are the big snowdrifts cleared from the path during Yuri's journey to Varykino?
(a) The government officials convince men from a nearby village to clear the snow by promising a large reward.
(b) The passengers split up into work teams, and clear the snow with shovels borrowed from a nearby village.
(c) The soldiers clear the snow with shovels borrowed from a nearby village.
(d) Teams of horses pull snow plows across the path until it is clear.

5. While in the gardens of the Duplyanka estate, which family member does Yura pray for?
(a) His father.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Yura and his uncle live in a house owned by the Gromekos, which character also lives in the house?

2. What are Yuri's primary concerns during the winter?

3. Why did the soldiers of the Provisional Government bayonet a young idealist after he had already been killed by a rifle shot?

4. While Lara works as a housewife and teaches at the gymnasium, what does Pasha do?

5. After watching a worker's demonstration, what job does Pasha Antipov want?

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