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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 8 - 9 Arrival and Varykino.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lara love Yuri?
(a) He is an attractive man.
(b) He is wealthy.
(c) He has a beautiful mind.
(d) He is willing to take her to America.

2. Why does Yuri love Lara?
(a) She has pretty eyes.
(b) She arouses a new passion in him.
(c) They like the same authors.
(d) She is wonderful cook and Yuri feels at home with her.

3. Tonia must trade goods for food. Why does the soldier get to eat for free?
(a) The government has agreed to pay the food vendors each month.
(b) The soldier is given free food because everyone respects his willingness to defend their country.
(c) The soldier is the son of the vendor.
(d) The soldier has a gun and everyone is afraid to complain about his behavior.

4. Where do Yura and his uncle Nikolai live first?
(a) A monastery.
(b) A hotel.
(c) His uncle's estate.
(d) England.

5. While traveling to Varykino, who travels with Yuri and his family?
(a) Uncle Nikolai.
(b) A group of government officials.
(c) A mixture of professionals, conscripted workers, and peasants.
(d) A platoon of soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. After her affair with Komarovsky ends, whom does Lara marry?

2. In chapter one, Yura's father jumps from which type of vehicle?

3. How are the big snowdrifts cleared from the path during Yuri's journey to Varykino?

4. What happens to Yura in the gardens of the Duplyanka estate?

5. What does Commissar Strelnikov believe everyone must do during the Russian Civil War?

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