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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. While Lara works as a housewife and teaches at the gymnasium, what does Pasha do?
(a) He works as a schoolteacher.
(b) He joins the protests and becomes a political activist.
(c) He works in an ammunition factory.
(d) He works in Madame Guishar's bakery.

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

3. What happens to four of the conscripted workers one night as Yuri and his companions enter the mountains on their way to Varykino?
(a) The workers escape.
(b) The soldiers shoot the workers for sport.
(c) The workers begin to show signs of typhoid.
(d) The workers are beaten for complaining about the poor food rations.

4. At the end of Chapter 1, why is Madame Guishar offended?
(a) There is no fresh produce in the city.
(b) Her seamstresses have gone on strike.
(c) Lara has insulted her.
(d) Her bakery can no longer receive flour.

5. In October, which political group wins the fight and establishes political power?
(a) The Communists.
(b) The Provisional Government.
(c) The Socialists.
(d) The Bolsheviks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of school is set up in Yuri and Tonia's house?

2. What does Kologrivov help Lara find?

3. What does Commissar Strelnikov believe everyone must do during the Russian Civil War?

4. Whom does Yuri tell his wife he is working with in Meliuzeievo?

5. Yura is also called what name?

(see the answer key)

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