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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what type of criminal do some people in Yuriatin suspect Yuri of being?
(a) A bad doctor
(b) A deserter
(c) A Tsarist sympathizer
(d) A unregistered citizen

2. Why does Yuri agree to follow Lara in Komarovsky's sleigh?
(a) In order to convince Lara to leave for a safer area.
(b) Because he does not have enough money to buy a train ticket.
(c) In order to follow Lara to their new home.
(d) Because they will use the sleigh to haul medical supplies.

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

4. What does Lara insist Yuri do when he recovers from his illness?
(a) Register with the new government.
(b) Return to his family.
(c) Stay with her.
(d) Stay in hiding until the spring.

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

6. What does Yuri do to the drunken man sleeping in his house in Yuriatin?
(a) He studies the man and writes about him.
(b) He sobers the man up and treats his wounds.
(c) He helps the man find work.
(d) He throws the man out of the house.

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

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

9. What happens to Pamphil after the discovery of the mutilated man?
(a) Pamphil becomes angry and vows revenge.
(b) Pamphil shows no emotion, but simply walks away and resumes his duties.
(c) Pamphil goes insane and murders his family with an ax.
(d) Pamphil begins to cry and is inconsolable.

10. 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 works odd jobs in towns along the way, accepting food as payment.
(c) He trades his coat to a farmer for produce.
(d) He gathers field gleanings and scrounges whatever he can from abandoned houses.

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

12. Why was Christina considered a war heroine?
(a) She sent a secret message to a Russian general.
(b) She tended wounded soldiers at the front line.
(c) She infiltrated the German lines and blew up a fortification.
(d) She smuggled food and supplies to the Russian army.

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

14. What is a serious problem for the leaders of the White Army camp?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Head Lice.
(c) Desertion.
(d) Alcoholism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Yuri after the discovery of the mutilated man?

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

3. Why does Lara admire Yuri?

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

5. In the Epilogue, two characters, Gordon and Dudorov, reminisce about the sufferings of which conflict?

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