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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Green force was approaching.
(b) The Red Army was approaching.
(c) The rebels were approaching.
(d) The White Army was approaching.

2. What mode of travel do Lara and Yuri use on their journey out of Yuriatin?
(a) A stolen Army truck.
(b) A wagon.
(c) A train.
(d) A horse and sleigh.

3. Why is Yuri's tree more noticeable that all the other trees?
(a) The tree is blossoming with beautiful flowers.
(b) The tree is dead.
(c) The tree has colorful leaves.
(d) The tree is covered in red berries.

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

5. Whom does Yuri discover lying dead in the snow outside Mikulitsyn's house?
(a) Komarovsky.
(b) Uncle Nikolai.
(c) Strelnikov.
(d) Pamphil.

6. In Chapter 16, after World War II, under whose protection does Tonia live?
(a) The protection of the state.
(b) Komorov's protection.
(c) Yuri's protection.
(d) Evgraf's protection.

7. 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 trim his hair and beard.
(c) To repair his coat.
(d) To make Lara a gift.

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

9. 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 is infested with fleas.
(d) The house was once headquarters for the Red Army.

10. 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) The rat infestation in their house becomes unbearable.
(d) They discover that their houseguest is a spy.

11. Why does Lara fear arrest?
(a) Because she made the seamstress angry.
(b) Because she buys goods from the black market.
(c) Because Yuri refuses to register with the government.
(d) Because she is related to Pasha.

12. Which other character has also lived in Mikulitsyn's house?
(a) Komarovsky.
(b) Strelnikov.
(c) Pamphil.
(d) Uncle Nikolai.

13. 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) They feel the seamstress is plotting revenge.
(b) Yuri refuses to register with the government.
(c) Eventually the authorities will consider them enemies of the state.
(d) There is not enough food or work for them in Yuriatin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cares for Yuri while he is ill?

2. Major-General Zhivago, Yuri's half brother Evgraf, is looking for something. What is it?

3. What does Yuri's new friend study during the NEP period?

4. What does Yuri do to the drunken man sleeping in his house in Yuriatin?

5. How do some of the villagers reconstruct their roofs?

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