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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Rimas?
(a) A librarian.
(b) An adminstrator who is compiling a list of the prisoners.
(c) A nurse sent to check the prisoners.
(d) A doctor.

2. What is Jonas afraid of at one point?
(a) That he iss going to be ill.
(b) That he iss going to be taken to be with the men.
(c) That he has wet his pants.
(d) That he is going to be left alone.

3. How does Elena manage to keep Jonas with them?
(a) Demands to see the papers that would send him somewhere else.
(b) Makes a plea to a female soldier as a mother.
(c) Bribes a soldier.
(d) She is not successful in keeping Jonas with them.

4. Why are two of the prisoners in danger?
(a) They are not Russians.
(b) They can't walk.
(c) They are talking loudly.
(d) They make critical statements about Stalin.

5. What does Lina's mother do with the family photos?
(a) Puts them in the hat bands.
(b) Mail them to relatives in Poland.
(c) Mail them to relatives in the United States.
(d) Burns them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lina distract the soldier watching Elena?

2. What is Lina thinking about at the opening of the novel?

3. What does Lina remember as her mother is donning her coat?

4. Where does the truck go from Lina's house?

5. What does the bald man ask Jonas to do?

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