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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Epilogue, two characters, Gordon and Dudorov, reminisce about the sufferings of which conflict?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Revolution.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) World War II.

2. Why does Lara admire Yuri?
(a) Because he is a good provider.
(b) Because he is kinder than Pasha.
(c) Because he has not let political propaganda infect his soul.
(d) Because he is a romantic poet.

3. What illness does Yuri see developing frequently as a result of the constant warfare?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Measles.
(d) Mental illness.

4. In Chapter 15, why does Lara travel to Moscow see Yuri?
(a) To work with Yuri in the hospital.
(b) To tell Yuri she loves him.
(c) To tell Yuri his wife has died.
(d) To attend Yuri's funeral.

5. By what name is Yuri's division known?
(a) The Tree Dwellers.
(b) The Forest Brotherhood.
(c) The Woodland Warriors.
(d) The Forest Forces.

6. While living across the street from the house of sculptures in Chapter 13, why do Lara and Yuri feel they must leave Yuriatin soon?
(a) Yuri refuses to register with the government.
(b) Eventually the authorities will consider them enemies of the state.
(c) There is not enough food or work for them in Yuriatin.
(d) They feel the seamstress is plotting revenge.

7. In Chapter 14, why is Strelnikov in hiding?
(a) He is hiding from the angry husband of a lover.
(b) He is a government spy.
(c) He faces a court martial and possible execution.
(d) He is depressed and has deserted the army.

8. Whom does Tonia tell Gordon and Dudorov is her step-father?
(a) Yuri.
(b) Evgraf.
(c) Nicholi.
(d) Komorov.

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

10. What does the blood on the snow outside of Mikulitsyn's house remind Yuri of?
(a) Rowan berries.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Tears.
(d) Rain.

11. How do Gordon and Dudorov feel about collectivism?
(a) They dislike the responsibility it places on them and long for the simpler time when the Tsar ruled.
(b) They feel that it only works when people are forced to follow the government's rules.
(c) They feel it is the wrong way to live, but that no one is willing to admit that it is a mistake.
(d) They feel that it is the best way to live, and that all the pain and suffering of the revolution was worth the outcome.

12. Which drunken character from Lara's past is allowed to sleep in a rat-infested room of her house in Yuriatin?
(a) Uncle Nikolai.
(b) Pasha.
(c) Komarovsky.
(d) Strelnikov.

13. Gordon and Dudorov realize that Tonia is whose daughter?
(a) Sonya's daughter.
(b) Christina's daughter.
(c) Marina's daughter.
(d) Lara's daughter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals found lurking on the property in Varykino represent the pressures of the world lurking nearby?

2. Yuri returns to Moscow during the Soviet NEP period. What does NEP stand for?

3. What symptoms does the soldier Pamphil complain of?

4. Whom do Lara and Yuri learn they share as a common nemesis?

5. When Yuri returns to Yuriatin, what does he discover in his room?

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