3. What did Samuel give to Esther and Grandmother Anna to trade in Rubtsovsk?
(a) Silk shirt.
(b) Overcoat.
(c) Leather shoes.
(d) Watch.

4. What were the prisoners given occasionally to eat as a special treat?
(a) Milk.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Soup with bits of meat.
(d) Fruit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What author did Esther mention reading in Chapter 6 as an example of how terrible capitalism was?

2. How old was Great-grandmother Reisa when she died?

3. What design was on the wallpaper in Esther's room?

4. What did Esther's mother pack for her migraines?

5. What nationality did Esther see in her mother's features?

Short Essay Questions

1. What jobs were the Poles assigned?

2. How did the Rudomins learn that Solomon had died? Another deportee from a labor camp, a former lawyer, came to see the Rudomins. He told them that Solomon had died from pneumonia.

3. Why did Esther's family get out of bed right foot forward?

4. How did Great-grandmother Reisa die?

5. How did Easter feel when she got off the train in Chapter 3?

6. Why didn't Samuel come home one night after work?

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

8. What was the city of Vilna like?

9. How was food purchased when the Rudomins were on the train?

10. What did Esther see at night when there was no storm brewing?

(see the answer keys)

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