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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. How does Lara plan to end her affair with Komarovsky?
(a) She plans to tell him over dinner.
(b) She plans to tell him in a letter.
(c) She plans to shoot him.
(d) She plans to run away.

2. Why does Yuri believe that Varykino would be a good place to resettle his family?
(a) Yuri hopes the townspeople will help his family because he gave medical aid to an important member of the town during World War I.
(b) Yuri hopes the townspeople will help his family because his father once owned property and a factory in Varykino.
(c) Yuri's uncle Nikolai now lives in Varykino and is willing to help the family.
(d) Yuri has heard that Varykino is in desperate need of a physician.

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

4. During Yuri's trip to Varykino, which group succeeds in taking control of the northern mountains?
(a) The White Army takes control away from the Red Army.
(b) The Red Army takes control away from the White Army.
(c) The Provisional Government takes control away from the Germans.
(d) The Bolsheviks take control away from the Communists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuri barter for food and goods from a central distribution center?

2. What color represents the Marxist army?

3. How are the big snowdrifts cleared from the path during Yuri's journey to Varykino?

4. What does Yuri tell Commissar Strelnikov he wants out of life?

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

(see the answer key)

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