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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 47 through 62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Miss Grybas?
(a) Lina's best friend's sister.
(b) One of the soldier's girlfriends.
(c) A teacher.
(d) Lina's aunt.

2. What do the soldiers want Elena to do?
(a) Spy on the others.
(b) Write a letter.
(c) Work as the secretary.
(d) Take charge of the farm.

3. What does Lina recall about doing once with her mother?
(a) Shopping.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Drawing.

4. What happens one day when Lina is sent off the train?
(a) She considers running away.
(b) She trips and breaks her hand.
(c) She is accosted by a soldier.
(d) Nothing out of the ordinary.

5. What drawing that Lina did once infuriated Lina's father?
(a) Stalin in a Santa Claus suit.
(b) Elena's family huddled in fear.
(c) Stalin hanging from a noose.
(d) Stalin in a clown suit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andrius bring for Jonas?

2. When does Elena think the Soviets will be stopped?

3. What happens one day when the train comes to a stop?

4. What interests Jonas about the farm?

5. What is Lina thinking about at the opening of the novel?

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