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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 has Andrius considered doing for his mother?
(a) Killing her.
(b) Trying to escape.
(c) Killing himself.
(d) Joining the army.

2. For what does Lina beg Kretsky?
(a) Medical attention for Jonas.
(b) Another pair of mittens.
(c) Some extra rations.
(d) Medical attention for Elena.

3. Why are the prisoners given more food than usual?
(a) There is more available in this region.
(b) They are not given more food.
(c) So they can work harder at their destination.
(d) There is a new, more compassionate commandant.

4. How does Mr. Stalas act toward Lina?
(a) Angry.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Rude.

5. Why is Lina embarrassed?
(a) The prisoners have to undres in front of the soldiers.
(b) The prisoners are given better food and many fight others for the food.
(c) She loses her head for a minute and cries in front of the soldiers.
(d) The prisoners are strip searched.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elena say in her letters?

2. What does Janina's mother almost do?

3. Why is one man killed at the farm?

4. Who is Janina?

5. About whom does Lina think as they are eating?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story behind the stone that Jonas gives Andrius?

2. Describe the encounter between Kretsky and Lina at the wood pile.

3. What happens to Jonas?

4. Why are Lina, Elena, and Jonas quiet about the potatoes he brings home that night?

5. What has Hitler done in Lithuania, and what is the bald man's response to the action?

6. What do the prisoners learn about the Japanese and Hitler?

7. How does Kretsky show his humanity after they have frightened the women?

8. What news does Mrs. Rimas recieve in a letter and how is it coded?

9. How do the soldiers thrown out into the snow one day when Lina and Jonas are going to the kitchen and why do they eat the food immediately?

10. How do the others help Lina celebrate her sixteenth birthday?

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