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

2. What did Lina once say about Stalin?
(a) He was a hero.
(b) He should be hanged.
(c) He saved Russia from starvation.
(d) He should be run out of Lithuania.

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

4. What month do the soldiers come to Lina's home?
(a) January.
(b) June.
(c) September.
(d) August.

5. What does Lina's father tell her to continue doing?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Praying.
(c) Writing.
(d) Being so grown up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lina realize when her mother tells her to button her coat?

2. What does Lina's mother do with their best jewelry?

3. How many people does Lina count in the train car?

4. What does Jonas do without complaint?

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

(see the answer key)

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