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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was one of Raya's favorite Russian writers?

2. What did it cost to see the American movie?

3. How many rubles did Esther have to have for her school lunch?

4. What was Vanya's occupation before he was sent to Siberia?

5. What was Uncle Yozia's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was a chiffarobe?

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

3. What was the boy who was interested in Esther like?

4. Who was Ivan Petrovich?

5. How did Raisa Nikitovna respond when Esther asked permission to enter the declamation contest?

6. Why didn't Esther do well at the declamation contest?

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

8. Who were Uncle Yozia and Zaya?

9. What job did the children in Rubtsovsk have to perform on Sunday?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Living conditions were primitive at the mine. Discuss the living conditions at the gypsum mine.

Essay Topic 2

Esther commented that the prisoners on the train slept much of the time. Describe the train trip and what it was like to travel in the cattle car.

Essay Topic 3

Esther developed a first impression of Makrinin and Popravka that proved to be true over time. Compare and contrast Makrinin and Popravka.

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