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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Part 2, Chapter 13, by the time Yuri returns to Yuriatin, which political party has gained control of the government?
(a) The White Army.
(b) The Communist party.
(c) The Red Army.
(d) The Green forces.

3. In Chapter 15, what does Lara help organize in Moscow?
(a) A political rally.
(b) Yuri's papers in to a book of poetry.
(c) Tonia's funeral.
(d) The hospital staff.

4. What symptoms does the soldier Pamphil complain of?
(a) Muscle aches.
(b) Indigestion and constipation.
(c) Hallucinations.
(d) Chills and fever.

5. Whose home does Yuri return to after escaping from his conscription?
(a) Lara's house.
(b) Evgraf's house.
(c) His own house.
(d) Uncle Nikolai's house.

6. What book do Gordon and Dudorov discuss at the end of the epilogue?
(a) Yuri's book of poems.
(b) A book about the problems of collectivism.
(c) A book about democracy.
(d) A book about the benefits of collectivism.

7. In Chapter 15, why does Lara travel to Moscow see Yuri?
(a) To work with Yuri in the hospital.
(b) To attend Yuri's funeral.
(c) To tell Yuri she loves him.
(d) To tell Yuri his wife has died.

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

9. Yuri receives a letter from Tonia. Where does he learn she has gone?
(a) She has moved to Leningrad.
(b) She has been living in Moscow.
(c) She has been deported to France.
(d) She has been deported to Italy.

10. Why does Yuri have delirious thoughts and dreams in Chapter 13?
(a) He is suffering from a fever.
(b) He is suffering from exhaustion.
(c) He ate spoiled food.
(d) He longs to see Lara.

11. 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.

12. Which rule does Yuri break while serving as a conscripted field doctor?
(a) He uses a rifle.
(b) He sneaks a letter out to Lara.
(c) He gives away medical supplies to poor peasants.
(d) He gives away food rations to poor peasants.

13. In Chapter 15, Yuri returns to Moscow. How does he find food and supplies on his journey?
(a) He works odd jobs in towns along the way, accepting food as payment.
(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 steals food from an unsuspecting peasant.

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

15. 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 throws the man out of the house.
(c) He helps the man find work.
(d) He sobers the man up and treats his wounds.

Short Answer 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?

2. Who cares for Yuri while he is ill?

3. In Chapter 13, what type of criminal do some people in Yuriatin suspect Yuri of being?

4. How does Yuri make money during the NEP period?

5. What is a serious problem for the leaders of the White Army camp?

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