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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 36 through 46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Elena pay a woman in the hut?
(a) For some coffee.
(b) For a potato and to use the stove.
(c) For bread.
(d) For information.

2. What conversation with her father does Lina recall?
(a) About Stalin's agricultural policies.
(b) About the people in this area of Russia.
(c) About peasants.
(d) About the best methods of mass food production.

3. What is Lina thinking about at the opening of the novel?
(a) Her fifteenth birthday.
(b) The way her father overprotected her.
(c) The time her brother drowned.
(d) The time leading up to being taken prisoner.

4. Why do Elena and Jonas say Andrius is courageous?
(a) For standing up to the guards.
(b) For taking care of Mr. Stalas.
(c) For getting food for them on occasion.
(d) For sneaking out of the camp sometimes.

5. Where does the truck go from Lina's house?
(a) To the prison.
(b) To the morgue.
(c) To the airport.
(d) To the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women do to relieve stress?

2. What does Jonas have that they try to keep from the Altai woman?

3. What does Lina's mother do with the family photos?

4. Why do they wait for hours at their next stop?

5. What is in one corner of the hut?

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