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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author did Esther mention reading in Chapter 6 as an example of how terrible capitalism was?
(a) Hardy.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Carroll.
(d) Stevenson.

2. What did Raya put on her skin to help prevent frostbite?
(a) Petroleum jelly.
(b) Goose fat.
(c) Bear fat.
(d) Cream.

3. What month did the snows begin?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) November.
(d) August.

4. When did the Russians occupy Vilna?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1942.

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

6. How many separate apartments were in Esther's house?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

8. How many Russian soldiers brought Esther's father to the house with his hands tied behind his back?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

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

11. What color roof was on Esther's house?
(a) Tan.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

12. What jewelry did Great-grandmother Reisa always wear?
(a) Emeralds.
(b) Sapphires.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Pearls.

13. Who raced after the truck that took Esther, her parents, and grandparents to the train?
(a) Grandmother Sara.
(b) Aunt Sonia.
(c) Liusik.
(d) Uncle David.

14. What color gloves did Grandmother Anna wear on the train?
(a) Navy.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

15. How long was Esther allowed to lay on a straw mattress when she was sick?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 1 day.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many grams of bread were the Polish slave laborers given?

2. How many of the Siberians had a chipped front tooth from eating sunflower seeds?

3. What month was it when Esther left Vilna on the train?

4. What did some girls bring the prisoners who slept in the schoolroom?

5. How many years after Esther arrived in Rubtsovsk, did it become a town of some industrial importance?

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