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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the Rudomins have to wait in line to use the public bath?
(a) 45 min.
(b) About 3 hours.
(c) At least a couple of hours.
(d) 60 min.

2. What did it cost to see the American movie?
(a) 1 ruble.
(b) 3 rubles.
(c) 4 rubles.
(d) 2 rubles.

3. What color dress did the belle of the masquerade wear?
(a) White.
(b) Gold.
(c) Purple.
(d) Red.

4. Including Esther, how many children walked together to school in a convoy?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

5. What payment was a woman willing to pay Esther to make two sweaters from unused wool?
(a) Rocking chair.
(b) Book.
(c) Beef.
(d) Chiffarobe.

6. Who won the declamation contest?
(a) Izolda.
(b) Svetlana.
(c) Marta.
(d) Katiusha.

7. Why didn't a mother knit a sweater for her daughter, but instead had Esther knit it?
(a) She didn't know how to knit.
(b) She didn't have time.
(c) She had lost most of one hand.
(d) She didn't want her daughter to see her knitting.

8. What was a troupe of actors from a repertory company performing in Rubtsovsk?
(a) Bulgakov.
(b) Gorky.
(c) Andreyev.
(d) Chekhov.

9. When Esther and her mother moved to a new hut in Chapter 17, what was the name of the couple's baby?
(a) Zoya.
(b) Anna.
(c) Irina.
(d) Katia.

10. In Chapter 17, when was it announced that there was going to be a declamation contest?
(a) November.
(b) October.
(c) September.
(d) August.

11. What type of fur did Marya wear?
(a) Beaver.
(b) Fox.
(c) Sealskin.
(d) Mink.

12. What did Esther use to dye hospital gauze that she used for curtains in her family's hut?
(a) Red cabbage.
(b) Onion skins.
(c) Birch leaves.
(d) Carrot leaves.

13. What did Esther take to sell to get money in Chapter 14?
(a) Meat.
(b) Skirt.
(c) Blouse.
(d) Bread.

14. What was a favorite pastime of the boys in Siberia?
(a) Playing marbles.
(b) Raising hawks.
(c) Hiking.
(d) Raising pigeons.

15. In Chapter 14, how much longer did Esther believe that the potatoes in their cellar would last?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, how many rubles were left to get Esther, Raya, and Anna through the month?

2. What was Zaya's occupation?

3. What was the name of the heroine in the piece that Esther studied for the declamation contest?

4. Where did the woman and her daughter come from who wanted Esther to make sweaters from unused wool?

5. What color hair did the boy who was Esther's first love have?

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