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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 does Yuri barter for food and goods from a central distribution center?
(a) His car.
(b) His winter coat.
(c) A carton of stolen cigarettes.
(d) His medical services.

2. After returning to Moscow from Meliuzeievo, what does Yuri learn about his uncle, Nikolai Nikolaievich?
(a) His uncle had moved to France.
(b) His uncle was killed during a demonstration.
(c) His uncle sold the family home.
(d) His uncle has joined the Bolsheviks.

3. What are Yuri's primary concerns during the winter?
(a) Having enough food and fuel to survive.
(b) Having enough books and paper for the students.
(c) Having enough money for tobacco and liquor.
(d) Having enough patients for his practice.

4. What does Commissar Strelnikov believe everyone must do during the Russian Civil War?
(a) Everyone should be prepared for the hardships of war.
(b) People should use their rations wisely.
(c) People should help each other.
(d) Everyone must choose a side.

5. Who joins Dr. Zhivago at the front line to tend wounded soldiers?
(a) Pasha Antipov.
(b) Amalia Guishar.
(c) Ivan Ivanovi.
(d) Misha Gordon.

Short Answer Questions

1. The leaders of the Russian government are called by this name.

2. What form of government does the new ruling party in October first establish?

3. What mode of transportation does Yuri and his family use as they leave for the town of Varykino in the early spring?

4. Upon the advice of her lawyer, where does Amalia Karlovna Guishar send Lara?

5. What happens to four of the conscripted workers one night as Yuri and his companions enter the mountains on their way to Varykino?

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