3. While traveling to Varykino, who travels with Yuri and his family?
(a) A platoon of soldiers.
(b) A group of government officials.
(c) Uncle Nikolai.
(d) A mixture of professionals, conscripted workers, and peasants.

4. In the first chapter, many workers protest working conditions by leaving their jobs. What word is used in the book to describe that type of protest?
(a) Demonstration.
(b) Strike.
(c) Recession.
(d) Hit.

5. After watching a worker's demonstration, what job does Pasha Antipov want?
(a) He wants to be a teacher.
(b) He wants to be a lawyer.
(c) He wants to be the fire chief.
(d) He wants to be chief of police.

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

7. Yuri discovers that Lara has been reading books about which political philosophy?
(a) Marxism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Democracy.

8. What stage of development does Pogorevshikh believe is a necessary for Russia's political development?
(a) Feudalism.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Communism.

9. How many days did it take to clear the snowdrifts from the path?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

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

11. Why did the soldiers of the Provisional Government bayonet a young idealist after he had already been killed by a rifle shot?
(a) They were angry.
(b) They wanted to make sure he was really dead.
(c) He spoke to them.
(d) He moved his arm.

12. What is in Yuri's notebook?
(a) Names of people he has met on his journey.
(b) Poetry about the war.
(c) Various writings about his life at Varykino.
(d) Lists of supplies needed and their costs.

13. In the spring, Yuri's half brother, Evgraf, brings a sick peasant in for treatment. What is Yuri's diagnosis?
(a) The measles.
(b) A staph infection.
(c) Lupus.
(d) Cancer.

14. Why does Yuri believe that Varykino would be a good place to resettle his family?
(a) Yuri hopes the townspeople will help his family because he gave medical aid to an important member of the town during World War I.
(b) Yuri has heard that Varykino is in desperate need of a physician.
(c) Yuri's uncle Nikolai now lives in Varykino and is willing to help the family.
(d) Yuri hopes the townspeople will help his family because his father once owned property and a factory in Varykino.

15. What happens to Yura in the gardens of the Duplyanka estate?
(a) He writes his first poem.
(b) He faints.
(c) He argues with his uncle.
(d) He sees his family.