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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 does Andrius do and Lina and Jonas go along?
(a) To search for his father.
(b) To find some food.
(c) To ask where they are going.
(d) To try to escape.

2. Why does Andrius pull Jonas away?
(a) So he is not hit by a guard for being too slow.
(b) So he doesn't see what happens to Ona.
(c) So he is not run over by a truck coming in with more prisoners.
(d) So he is not separated from his family.

3. What does Lina realize when her mother tells her to button her coat?
(a) That her cat ran out the front door.
(b) That Jonas is missing.
(c) That their father has already been taken.
(d) That Lina is still in her nightgown.

4. What does Lina's father tell her to continue doing?
(a) Writing.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Praying.
(d) Being so grown up.

5. Who is Miss Grybas?
(a) Lina's aunt.
(b) Lina's best friend's sister.
(c) A teacher.
(d) One of the soldier's girlfriends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month do the soldiers come to Lina's home?

2. What do the soldiers want Elena to do?

3. What is obvious about Andrius when he gets back to their railroad car?

4. What does Lina realize about the possibility of running?

5. What does Lina know her father and Miss Grybas are on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Elena rush her children and what is the mood when they get back on the truck?

2. What happens one day when it is Lina's turn to take the buckets for the food and water?

3. Where do the prisoners arrive and where is Lina's family assigned?

4. Where are the prisoners and what does Lina remember about Stalin's agriculture policies?

5. How does Lina's quick thinking help her mother?

6. What does the bald man say about Hitler, and what does Lina think about it?

7. What is Lina thinking about as the story opens?

8. What happens to Ona?

9. What does Lina recall about a shopping trip with her mother once?

10. What upsets Lina about being told to shower but why is she happy?

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