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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens one day when the train comes to a stop?
(a) The people are massacred.
(b) The people are turned over to the Germans.
(c) The people are set free.
(d) The people find themselves in open countryside.

2. What does Jonas do without complaint?
(a) Puts on three layers of clothing.
(b) Hides in the cupboard.
(c) Carris the dog.
(d) Carries a large suitcase.

3. What is obvious about Andrius when he gets back to their railroad car?
(a) He has been brutally beaten.
(b) He is dispirited.
(c) He has some sort of plan.
(d) He has talked to his father.

4. What are they forced to do?
(a) Burn their old clothes.
(b) Gather food from a field.
(c) Undress in front of the soldiers.
(d) Sit back to back and be tied.

5. For what does the train stop?
(a) To take a count of the prisoners.
(b) To bury the dead.
(c) To give the prisoners food and water.
(d) To kill the ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lina recall about doing once with her mother?

2. What does Elena learn from someone about food?

3. What does Andrius do and Lina and Jonas go along?

4. What happens when a man jumps off the truck?

5. How many people does Lina count in the train car?

Short Essay Questions

1. What upsets Lina about being told to shower but why is she happy?

2. What does the bald man say about Hitler, and what does Lina think about it?

3. What happens to Ona?

4. Where do the prisoners arrive and where is Lina's family assigned?

5. How does Lina's quick thinking help her mother?

6. What is Lina thinking about as the story opens?

7. Describe the arrest of Lina's family.

8. Who introduces himself and what does he say about his father?

9. What does Lina's father say to Lina?

10. Why does Elena rush her children and what is the mood when they get back on the truck?

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