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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. What movie did Esther see that starred Deanna Durbin?

2. What did Esther study for the declamation contest?

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

4. What was one of the gifts that Esther received for her 12th birthday?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was a chiffarobe?

3. Who were Uncle Yozia and Zaya?

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

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

6. Who was Ivan Petrovich?

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

8. How did Esther measure Marya for a sweater?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Esther worked hard to make a sweater for Marya Nikolayevna even under very trying conditions and with very little to work with. Discuss work ethic and how Esther demonstrated that she had a strong work ethic.

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

When Esther got off the train, all the open space and the light overloaded her sense. Discuss sensory overload and why Esther experienced an overload of her senses.

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