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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 do Yuri and his family finance their trip to Varykino?
(a) Yuri's uncle Nikolai sends them money for tickets.
(b) The family gathers together items to sell or use for barter.
(c) The family works together in a factory.
(d) Yuri finds work in one of the few remaining factories.

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

3. When the Russian economy collapses, how do the citizens cope with the lack of food and supplies?
(a) Brave soldiers drive supply wagons to Asia.
(b) American troops drop care packages from airplanes.
(c) Groups of people travel to Europe to gather supplies.
(d) People barter among themselves.

4. Several conflicts are present in the book. Which struggle best describes the conflict between the warring political parties?
(a) The struggle of order versus chaos.
(b) The struggle of capitalism versus communalism.
(c) The struggle of territory versus common property.
(d) The struggle of personal freedoms versus the common good.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The book begins with what type of scene?

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

3. What is Ivan's profession?

4. While on his journey to Varykino, what happens to Yuri as he walks near a river?

5. At the end of Chapter 1, why is Madame Guishar offended?

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