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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 36 through 46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a kolkhoz?
(a) A collective farm.
(b) A collection of tools.
(c) A foundry.
(d) A community of buildings.

2. Who does the bald man say is worse than Stalin?
(a) Hitler.
(b) The last tsar.
(c) Mussolini.
(d) No one.

3. For what does Elena pay a woman in the hut?
(a) For some coffee.
(b) For a potato and to use the stove.
(c) For bread.
(d) For information.

4. What does Elana say they have to decide?
(a) How to escape.
(b) Whether they will work or not.
(c) How to get word out to Elena's husband.
(d) How to survive the winter.

5. What does Lina realize about the possibility of running?
(a) Their new situation might not be too bad.
(b) The people in this area don't even speak their language.
(c) The guards still have guns.
(d) There would be no point as there's nowhere to go.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people are left at the opening to Chapter 25?

2. Who helps Lina after the soldiers try to frighten the women?

3. What does Lina not tell her mother about Kostas?

4. What are the prisoners told?

5. Who is Ona?

(see the answer key)

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