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

2. Who is Miss Grybas?
(a) One of the soldier's girlfriends.
(b) Lina's aunt.
(c) Lina's best friend's sister.
(d) A teacher.

3. How many people does Lina count in the train car?
(a) 75.
(b) 46.
(c) 15.
(d) 21.

4. Why do they wait for hours at their next stop?
(a) For the men's truck to arrive.
(b) For some papers to arrive.
(c) For a woman to give birth.
(d) For the train to arrive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Elena ignore?

2. Who directs the packing?

3. How long does the officer give the family to pack?

4. Why are two of the prisoners in danger?

5. Who is Mrs. Rimas?

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