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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. Lara and Pasha have a daughter. What is the child's name?
(a) Katrina.
(b) Karolina.
(c) Katenka.
(d) Kamalia.

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

3. When Yura and his uncle live in a house owned by the Gromekos, which character also lives in the house?
(a) Misha Gordon.
(b) Pasha Antipov.
(c) Ivan Ivanovich.
(d) Lara Guishar.

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

5. How does the illness affect Yuri?
(a) His stomach is upset.
(b) His aching joints cripple his movement.
(c) The rash irritates his skin.
(d) The fever affects his mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. After her affair with Komarovsky ends, whom does Lara marry?

2. When the Russian economy collapses, which two political groups begin to fight for power?

3. Why does Lara leave the front line and return to Moscow?

4. Why was Yura poor?

5. While in the gardens of the Duplyanka estate, which family member does Yura pray for?

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