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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. Upon the advice of her lawyer, where does Amalia Karlovna Guishar send Lara?
(a) To the country.
(b) To England.
(c) To school.
(d) To Moscow.

2. What physical handicap does political leader Maxim Aristarkhovich Klintsov-Pogorevshikh have?
(a) He was crippled in the war.
(b) He is blind.
(c) He is a deaf-mute.
(d) He is mentally challenged.

3. Lara's mother, Amalia Karlovna Guishar, takes over what type of shop?
(a) A bakery shop.
(b) A grocery shop.
(c) A shoe shop.
(d) A dress shop.

4. After returning to Moscow from Meliuzeievo, what does Yuri learn about his uncle, Nikolai Nikolaievich?
(a) His uncle was killed during a demonstration.
(b) His uncle sold the family home.
(c) His uncle had moved to France.
(d) His uncle has joined the Bolsheviks.

5. What is in Yuri's notebook?
(a) Names of people he has met on his journey.
(b) Lists of supplies needed and their costs.
(c) Poetry about the war.
(d) Various writings about his life at Varykino.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Yuri tell his wife he is working with in Meliuzeievo?

3. Which character does Lara treat in the hospital?

4. What happens to Lara after Yuri leaves and is conscripted?

5. When the Russian economy collapses, which two political groups begin to fight for power?

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