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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What suspicion do Lara and Yuri have about Mikulitsyn's house?
(a) The house is infested with fleas.
(b) Someone else has been living there.
(c) The house was once headquarters for the White Army.
(d) The house was once headquarters for the Red Army.

2. By what name is Yuri's division known?
(a) The Forest Brotherhood.
(b) The Tree Dwellers.
(c) The Forest Forces.
(d) The Woodland Warriors.

3. Tonia tells Gordon and Dudorov a story about having to leave Mongolia with her mother. Why did she and her mother have to leave so suddenly?
(a) The rebels were approaching.
(b) The Green force was approaching.
(c) The Red Army was approaching.
(d) The White Army was approaching.

4. What animals found lurking on the property in Varykino represent the pressures of the world lurking nearby?
(a) The owls.
(b) The bears.
(c) The wolves.
(d) The ravens.

5. The washing woman has a special friend who died during the war. What was her friend's name?
(a) Marina.
(b) Christina.
(c) Lara.
(d) Tonia.

6. What does Yuri need from the government in order to journey to France?
(a) Money.
(b) A train ticket.
(c) An international medical license.
(d) A passport.

7. What must Yuri do in order to remain safe in Yuriatin?
(a) Bribe a corrupt political leader.
(b) Remain hidden as long as soldiers are present in town.
(c) Register with the new government.
(d) Read and abide by the new regulations posted by the government.

8. Why does Yuri want to borrow scissors from a nearby seamstress?
(a) To make a shirt out of the curtains in his room.
(b) To repair his coat.
(c) To trim his hair and beard.
(d) To make Lara a gift.

9. Major-General Zhivago, Yuri's half brother Evgraf, is looking for something. What is it?
(a) Eyewitnesses who knew Christina.
(b) New recruits.
(c) Political dissidents.
(d) Black market dealers.

10. Where to Lara and Yuri intend to go after leaving Yuriatin?
(a) Varykino.
(b) Leningrad.
(c) France.
(d) Moscow.

11. Why does the White Army leave a mutilated man for the Red Army to discover?
(a) The mutilated man was a political leader.
(b) The mutilated man is a black market trader.
(c) The mutilated man is a warning about war atrocities.
(d) The mutilated man is a spy.

12. How long does Yuri serve as a conscripted field doctor?
(a) Eight months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Eighteen weeks.

13. What happens to Yuri on the trolley?
(a) He has a heart attack and dies.
(b) He meets Lara, and they leave town together.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) He is mugged by another passenger.

14. When Yuri returns to Yuriatin, what does he discover in his room?
(a) Rats.
(b) Mold.
(c) Head Lice.
(d) Fleas.

15. What illness does Yuri see developing frequently as a result of the constant warfare?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Measles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yuri receives a letter from Tonia. Where does he learn she has gone?

2. What type of tree does Yuri discover growing near the camp on a piece of high ground?

3. What eases Pamphil's symptoms?

4. Why does Yuri agree to follow Lara in Komarovsky's sleigh?

5. In Chapter 13, what new information does Lara give Yuri?

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