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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. How wide were the beds in the barracks where the former prisoners were to stay?

2. What type of a field did Esther and the children work in?

3. What author did Esther mention reading in Chapter 6 as an example of how terrible capitalism was?

4. How much more did the Rudomins have to pay for their new dwelling place in Chapter 9?

5. What did Nina want Raya to give her in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Esther returned from taking the matchbox filled with jewels to her grandmother, who was at the door?

2. What jobs were the Poles assigned?

3. Who were the people who lived in Siberia when the Polish people were taken there?

4. Who bought the slip that Esther and her grandmother brought to trade?

5. What was the city of Vilna like?

6. How did everyone help Esther prepare herself for school?

7. Why did Esther refuse to go to nursery school when she was four?

8. Why did Esther's family get out of bed right foot forward?

9. What did Esther and her grandmother buy in Rubtsovsk?

10. What news did the Rudomins learn from a soldier?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the Rudomins treated a bum who lived with them and how being treated with dignity affected Vanya and his position in the village.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss traditions that the Rudomin family had to prevent bad luck and promote good luck and whether the Rudomins seriously believed that good or bad luck could be fostered by something like getting out of bed properly.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 6, the Poles learned that they had received amnesty. Discuss why the Poles received amnesty and how it affected their lives.

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