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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While living across the street from the house of sculptures in Chapter 13, why do Lara and Yuri feel they must leave Yuriatin soon?
(a) There is not enough food or work for them in Yuriatin.
(b) Eventually the authorities will consider them enemies of the state.
(c) Yuri refuses to register with the government.
(d) They feel the seamstress is plotting revenge.

2. While living in Mikulitsyn's house, what hobby does Yuri pursue?
(a) Chess.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Wood carving.
(d) Poetry writing.

3. In Chapter 15, Yuri returns to Moscow. How does he find food and supplies on his journey?
(a) He steals food from an unsuspecting peasant.
(b) He gathers field gleanings and scrounges whatever he can from abandoned houses.
(c) He trades his coat to a farmer for produce.
(d) He works odd jobs in towns along the way, accepting food as payment.

4. Why does Lara admire Yuri?
(a) Because he is a good provider.
(b) Because he has not let political propaganda infect his soul.
(c) Because he is a romantic poet.
(d) Because he is kinder than Pasha.

5. Whom does Tonia tell Gordon and Dudorov is her step-father?
(a) Komorov.
(b) Evgraf.
(c) Nicholi.
(d) Yuri.

6. What does Yuri send to Marina?
(a) Money.
(b) A coat.
(c) A love letter.
(d) New shoes.

7. How does Yuri make money during the NEP period?
(a) He trades medical supplies on the black market.
(b) He works in a hospital.
(c) He works in a factory.
(d) He writes books.

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

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

10. What does Yuri do while alone in Mikulitsyn's house?
(a) He sleeps late and writes about politics.
(b) He drinks vodka and writes about Lara.
(c) He repairs holes the rats have made.
(d) He rises early and tends the garden.

11. Gordon and Dudorov realize that Tonia is whose daughter?
(a) Lara's daughter.
(b) Marina's daughter.
(c) Sonya's daughter.
(d) Christina's daughter.

12. While Yuri is serving as a conscripted as a field doctor, how many times does he attempt escape?
(a) None.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

13. How well do Yuri and Strelnikov get along when they meet in Varykino?
(a) They have a fist fight.
(b) They respect each other and get along well.
(c) They are suspicious and jealous of each other.
(d) They engage in a heated argument over Lara.

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

15. Why do Lara and Yuri leave Yuriatin so suddenly?
(a) They hear that there are good jobs available in Moscow.
(b) Lara hears a rumor that the Executive Committee plans to arrest her and Yuri.
(c) They discover that their houseguest is a spy.
(d) The rat infestation in their house becomes unbearable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the blood on the snow outside of Mikulitsyn's house remind Yuri of?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 15, who comes to Yuri's aid while he is living in Moscow?

4. What is the name of the washing woman that Gordon and Dudorov speak with?

5. When Yuri returns to Yuriatin in chapter 13, where does he believe his wife and son have gone?

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