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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What eases Pamphil's symptoms?
(a) Contraband medication Yuri has smuggled to Pamphil.
(b) Medical herbs found in the nearby countryside.
(c) Pamphil dies and is released from his pain.
(d) Pamphil's family joins him in camp.

5. Whom does Yuri hope to find upon his return to Yuriatin?
(a) Lara.
(b) Uncle Nikolai.
(c) Tonya.
(d) Evgraf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lara admire Yuri?

2. How well do Yuri and Strelnikov get along when they meet in Varykino?

3. Why is Yuri's tree more noticeable that all the other trees?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens when Komarovsky shows up at Yuri and Lara's house in Yuriatin.

2. What do Yuri and Lara do when they hear a rumor that the Executive Committee plans to arrest them?

3. Why does Lara return for Yuri's funeral after he refused to follow her to Vladivostok?

4. Describe how Yuri manages to escape from the Red Army camp.

5. Why do you think Yuri stays in Yuriatin for a time instead of leaving immediately to find his wife and family?

6. Describe what Yuri finds in Lara's house when he returns to Yuriatin.

7. In Chapter 13, while in Yuritan, what does Lara want to have happen to her relationship with Yuri?

8. Describe Yuri's behavior after Lara leaves for Vladivostok.

9. Why are Gordon and Dudorov interested in Yuri's book of poetry?

10. Describe what happens when Yuri breaks Red Cross rules and uses a rifle.

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