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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 and Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What grade did Esther enter school in Russia?
(a) 5th.
(b) 6th.
(c) 7th.
(d) 4th.

2. What time were the prisoners forced to get up their first morning at the gypsum mines?
(a) 5:30 a.m.
(b) 6 a.m.
(c) 5 a.m.
(d) 6:30 a.m.

3. What did some girls bring the prisoners who slept in the schoolroom?
(a) Bread.
(b) Watermelon.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Cheese.

4. What type of hat did Grandmother Anna wear on the train?
(a) Turban cloche.
(b) Pillbox with feathers.
(c) Garbo slouch hat.
(d) Tilt straw hat.

5. What street did Esther live on in Vilna?
(a) Pogulanka Avenue.
(b) Spokojna Avenue.
(c) Tatarska Avenue.
(d) Kolska Avenue.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Boris?

2. What did Esther's mother give her to take to her grandmother?

3. How many days of mourning did Grandmother observe stretched out on the nari after Solomon died?

4. In Chapter 5, Esther said that her skirts had grown shorter. By how many inches did Esther's skirts become shorter?

5. What color did Great-grandmother Reisa always wear?

(see the answer key)

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