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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, why does Lara travel to Moscow see Yuri?

2. Which drunken character from Lara's past is allowed to sleep in a rat-infested room of her house in Yuriatin?

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

4. Where to Lara and Yuri intend to go after leaving Yuriatin?

5. Gordon and Dudorov realize that Tonia is whose daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Yuri's relationship with Marina.

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

3. What could the rowan tree symbolize?

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

5. Describe how the war affects Pamphil.

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

7. Describe the rowan tree.

8. Describe Yuri's death and funeral.

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

10. How does Yuri react to Strelnikov's return?

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