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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 through 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Miss Grybas explain as the train continues south?
(a) The topography that the Germans will have to cross.
(b) The topography that the Russians will have to cross.
(c) The Ural Mountains.
(d) The way the various alliances are lined up in WWII.

2. How many people does Lina count in the train car?
(a) 21.
(b) 15.
(c) 46.
(d) 75.

3. What does Elena give the bald man?
(a) A book.
(b) Her ham.
(c) Some chocolate.
(d) Some rags to splint his leg.

4. What do the train occupants do when it rains?
(a) Hold cups out to catch the water.
(b) Sing loudly to drone out the noise of the rain hitting the roof.
(c) Try to clean themselves.
(d) Huddle in one corner where there are no drips.

5. What does Lina's father give Lina?
(a) Ham and warm clothes.
(b) Dried fruit and several books.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Dried beef and chocolate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lina once say about Stalin?

2. How long does the officer give the family to pack?

3. Who does Elena ignore?

4. What does Lina explain to the gray-haired man?

5. What does Lina know her father and Miss Grybas are on?

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