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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many nights did the Jewish men pray with Samuel before the police ordered them to stop?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

2. How many huts were near the gypsum mine?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

3. How many families wished to stay at the mine?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. Where had the doctor in Rubtsovsk lived before coming to the village?
(a) Novgorod.
(b) Moscow.
(c) St. Petersburg.
(d) Volgograd.

5. How many hours did it take Esther and Grandmother Anna to walk to Rubtsovsk?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

6. Approximately how many people were taken to the gypsum mines?
(a) 95.
(b) 150.
(c) 115.
(d) 125.

7. What scarred the faces of some of the people in Rubtsovsk?
(a) Bugs.
(b) Fights.
(c) Frostbite.
(d) Wind.

8. What eye disease did Nikita have?
(a) Corneal ulcer.
(b) Blepharitis.
(c) Trachoma.
(d) Conjunctivitis.

9. What was the name of the hill where Esther liked to go to look down on her hometown?
(a) Climbing Hill.
(b) Towering Hill.
(c) Castle Hill.
(d) Tournament Hill.

10. When Esther had a bad cough, when did the doctor believe Esther could go back to school?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

11. How many openings provided light and air in the railroad car the Rudomins were put into?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

12. How many people were packed into the railroad car?
(a) About 50.
(b) About 40.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

13. On what day of the week were people allowed to go to the village?
(a) Monday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Tuesday.

14. What did Esther wash her hair with in Chapter 4?
(a) Clay.
(b) Mud.
(c) Water from the river.
(d) Water from a puddle.

15. How tall was Esther's grandmother?
(a) 5 ft. 6 in.
(b) 5 ft. 2 in.
(c) 5 ft.
(d) 4 ft. 11 in.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was a pact made to give all Polish citizens amnesty?

2. What was Esther's first meal on the train?

3. How much did an egg cost in Rubtsovsk?

4. What type of hat did Grandmother Anna wear on the train?

5. How fast was the train traveling that Esther and her family were on?

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