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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 8 - 9 Arrival and Varykino.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form of government does the new ruling party in October first establish?
(a) A Marxist party.
(b) A dictatorship of the proletariat.
(c) A Socialist union.
(d) A Communist regime.

2. 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 White Army.
(d) The Red Army.

3. Yura is also called what name?
(a) Yuri.
(b) Yurinski.
(c) Yuca.
(d) Yurinovich.

4. What happens to four of the conscripted workers one night as Yuri and his companions enter the mountains on their way to Varykino?
(a) The workers are beaten for complaining about the poor food rations.
(b) The soldiers shoot the workers for sport.
(c) The workers escape.
(d) The workers begin to show signs of typhoid.

5. What mode of transportation does Yuri and his family use as they leave for the town of Varykino in the early spring?
(a) The train.
(b) A stolen Army truck.
(c) A horse and cart.
(d) Their own feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Several conflicts are present in the book. Which struggle best describes the conflict between the warring political parties?

2. While in Varykino, what does Yuri suspect about Tonia?

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

4. In the spring, Yuri's half brother, Evgraf, brings a sick peasant in for treatment. What is Yuri's diagnosis?

5. Why was Yura poor?

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