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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. What instrument did Svetlana play?
(a) Balalaika.
(b) Gusli.
(c) Lira.
(d) Gudok.

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

3. What would there be to eat sometimes when Raya spent time with Uncle Yozia and Aunt Zaya?
(a) Pastries.
(b) Smoked red fish.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Smoked beef.

4. When was Esther's birthday?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) January.
(d) November.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color eyes did the boy who Esther fell in love with have?

2. What color dress did the belle of the masquerade wear?

3. How much money did Esther's Uncle Ben send?

4. What disease ran rampant during the Rudomins' second summer in Siberia?

5. What was Zaya's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were Uncle Yozia and Zaya?

2. Who was Ivan Petrovich?

3. Where was the only place that Esther forgot the cold and Siberia?

4. Why was it so difficult to walk on the steppe in the Spring?

5. Why did Esther believe at first that Svetlana was a snob?

6. How did Esther try to attract the attention of Yuri?

7. How did Esther get a pair of shoes?

8. Why did Raya wish she had admitted that it was her brother who knocked on her door their last day in Vilna?

9. What was the reason that Svetlana didn't like Esther?

10. How was Esther's birthday celebrated in Vilna?

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