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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. 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 territory versus common property.
(c) The struggle of personal freedoms versus the common good.
(d) The struggle of capitalism versus communalism.

2. While in the gardens of the Duplyanka estate, which family member does Yura pray for?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His uncle.

3. What does Yuri's wife, Tonia, receive for trading an embroidered towel?
(a) Half of a loaf of bread.
(b) Half of a roasted chicken.
(c) Half of a roasted rabbit.
(d) Half of a roasted turkey.

4. Commissar Strelnikov asks Yuri questions about his military service and destination. With which political group is Strelnikov associated?
(a) The Provisional Government.
(b) The Communist Party.
(c) The Red Army.
(d) The White Army.

5. During his journey to Varykino, Yuri realizes he knows the leader of one of the powerful political forces in Russia. Which political force does Galiullin lead?
(a) The Red Army.
(b) The Provisional Government.
(c) The White Army.
(d) The Communist Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kologrivov help Lara find?

2. When the Russian economy collapses, how do the citizens cope with the lack of food and supplies?

3. What physical handicap does political leader Maxim Aristarkhovich Klintsov-Pogorevshikh have?

4. In chapter one, Yura's father jumps from which type of vehicle?

5. Where do Yura and his uncle Nikolai live first?

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