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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 type of earrings did Marya wear?

2. What was Vanya the bum's last name?

3. What colors were the first collar and cuff set that Esther made?

4. What did Esther study for the declamation contest?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Esther get a pair of shoes?

3. What was a chiffarobe?

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

5. Who was Ivan Petrovich?

6. How did Esther measure Marya for a sweater?

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

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

9. How did the children of Rubtsovsk help their parents with the fuel needed to heat their homes?

10. Who were Uncle Yozia and Zaya?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Samuel was ordered to work on the front lines. Discuss the reactions of the Rudomin family to the news that Samuel had to work on the front lines.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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