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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 does the White Army leave a mutilated man for the Red Army to discover?
(a) The mutilated man is a black market trader.
(b) The mutilated man is a warning about war atrocities.
(c) The mutilated man is a spy.
(d) The mutilated man was a political leader.

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

3. What is the name of the washing woman that Gordon and Dudorov speak with?
(a) Marina.
(b) Tonia.
(c) Sonya.
(d) Lara.

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

5. Why is a group of soldiers executed near Yuri's tree?
(a) They are found guilty of desertion.
(b) They are found guilty of treason.
(c) They are found guilty of murder.
(d) They are found guilty of illegally distilling vodka.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Yuri agree to follow Lara in Komarovsky's sleigh?

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

5. Which rule does Yuri break while serving as a conscripted field doctor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What might have been done to prevent Pamphil's insanity?

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

6. Lara and Yuri discover they share a common nemesis. Who is this person and what has he/she done to them?

7. Describe the rowan tree.

8. Describe Yuri's relationship with Vasia.

9. Why does Yuri choose to compare the drops of blood in the snow with rowan berries?

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

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