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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 through 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lina realize her father meant when he told her to keep drawing?
(a) That she can communicate with him through her art.
(b) That she might be able to earn some money drawing.
(c) That she should draw pictures of all the guards so they can be identified later.
(d) She thinks he is just trying to comfort her.

2. What does Lina not tell her mother about Kostas?
(a) That he was gravely ill.
(b) That he was going to Moscow to be tried for treason.
(c) That he had been beaten.
(d) That he knew he would not see them again.

3. Who takes care of doing what has to be done concerning Ona's baby?
(a) Miss Grybas.
(b) Elena.
(c) Lina.
(d) The bald man.

4. What does Lina's mother do with their best jewelry?
(a) Sews it into the linings of the coats.
(b) Buries it in the backyard.
(c) Gives it to Christian neighbors for safekeeping.
(d) Hides it in the cellar.

5. What do the train occupants do when it rains?
(a) Try to clean themselves.
(b) Hold cups out to catch the water.
(c) Sing loudly to drone out the noise of the rain hitting the roof.
(d) Huddle in one corner where there are no drips.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lina tell her mother about people in the other cars?

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

3. Where does the train split off with the men?

4. What does Lina explain to the gray-haired man?

5. Who does the bald man say is worse than Stalin?

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