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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. How many grams of bread were the Polish slave laborers given?
(a) 400.
(b) 200.
(c) 500.
(d) 300.

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

3. In Chapter 5, Esther said that her skirts had grown shorter. By how many inches did Esther's skirts become shorter?
(a) Almost 2 inches.
(b) 1/2 inch.
(c) 3/4 inch.
(d) Almost an inch.

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

5. How were the prisoners to march to the village?
(a) In groups of 5.
(b) 4 abreast.
(c) 3 abreast.
(d) In groups of 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Later, how many Polish people did Esther learn were deported as "class enemies"?

2. How many Russian soldiers brought Esther's father to the house with his hands tied behind his back?

3. What did Nina want Raya to give her in Chapter 6?

4. How many nights did the Jewish men pray with Samuel before the police ordered them to stop?

5. Where had the doctor in Rubtsovsk lived before coming to the village?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Esther refuse to go to nursery school when she was four?

2. What did Esther and her grandmother buy in Rubtsovsk?

3. Who were the people who lived in Siberia when the Polish people were taken there?

4. What buildings did Esther see in Rubtsovsk when she went with her grandmother?

5. Who bought the slip that Esther and her grandmother brought to trade?

6. How did Great-grandmother Reisa die?

7. Who was Makrinin and what was he like?

8. What news did the Rudomins learn from a soldier?

9. What jobs were the prisoners who worked in the mines given?

10. What did the prisoners learn at a meeting at the beginning of Chapter 6?

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