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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Andrius Arnydas say about his father?
(a) His father is in the Lithuanian Army.
(b) His father was just killed by soldiers last week.
(c) His father knows Stalin and will come to get him.
(d) His father is on his way to Moscow to appeal the sentence.

2. What does Andrius do and Lina and Jonas go along?
(a) To ask where they are going.
(b) To find some food.
(c) To try to escape.
(d) To search for his father.

3. What is Lina thinking about at the opening of the novel?
(a) The time leading up to being taken prisoner.
(b) The time her brother drowned.
(c) Her fifteenth birthday.
(d) The way her father overprotected her.

4. Why do they wait for hours at their next stop?
(a) For a woman to give birth.
(b) For the men's truck to arrive.
(c) For some papers to arrive.
(d) For the train to arrive.

5. How long does the officer give the family to pack?
(a) One hour.
(b) 2 days.
(c) No time.
(d) 20 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Rimas?

2. Who does Elena ignore?

3. How does Lina distract the soldier watching Elena?

4. What does Lina's father give Lina?

5. What does Jonas do without complaint?

(see the answer key)

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