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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Nina want Raya to give her in Chapter 6?
(a) A lacy slip.
(b) A cross.
(c) A menorah.
(d) A dress.
2. How long was Esther allowed to lay on a straw mattress when she was sick?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 12 hours.
3. How far was the gypsum mine from the village?
(a) 5 kilometers.
(b) 8 kilometers.
(c) 12 kilometers.
(d) 11 kilometers.
4. How many separate apartments were in Esther's house?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.
5. What bird did Esther see as she and her grandmother began their walk to the village?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Snipe.
(c) Buzzard.
(d) Crane.
6. How wide were the beds in the barracks where the former prisoners were to stay?
(a) 60 inches.
(b) 70 inches.
(c) 90 inches.
(d) 80 inches.
7. When did Hitler's armies march on Poland?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1937.
8. How many huts were near the gypsum mine?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.
9. What was the name of the hill where Esther liked to go to look down on her hometown?
(a) Tournament Hill.
(b) Towering Hill.
(c) Castle Hill.
(d) Climbing Hill.
10. How many people were crammed into the schoolroom to sleep?
(a) 26.
(b) 31.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.
11. What was Esther's first meal on the train?
(a) Cabbage soup.
(b) Broth.
(c) Watery cereal.
(d) Bread.
12. How many of the Siberians had a chipped front tooth from eating sunflower seeds?
(a) 80%.
(b) 70%.
(c) 60%.
(d) 90%.
13. What scarred the faces of some of the people in Rubtsovsk?
(a) Wind.
(b) Bugs.
(c) Fights.
(d) Frostbite.
14. What didn't Esther water at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Lettuce.
(b) Spirea bush.
(c) Lilac bush.
(d) Tomatoes.
15. What did Samuel give to Esther and Grandmother Anna to trade in Rubtsovsk?
(a) Watch.
(b) Silk shirt.
(c) Overcoat.
(d) Leather shoes.
Short Answer Questions
1. What author did Esther mention reading in Chapter 6 as an example of how terrible capitalism was?
2. What did Esther wash her hair with in Chapter 4?
3. What grade did Esther enter school in Russia?
4. What eye disease did Nikita have?
5. What jewelry did Great-grandmother Reisa always wear?
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