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

2. What does Andrius Arnydas say about his father?
(a) His father is in the Lithuanian Army.
(b) His father was just killed by soldiers last week.
(c) His father knows Stalin and will come to get him.
(d) His father is on his way to Moscow to appeal the sentence.

3. Who does Elena ignore?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her old schoolteacher.

4. What does Elena learn about Germany?
(a) They have invaded Switzerland.
(b) They have surrendered.
(c) They have invaded England.
(d) They have invaded Lithuania.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Miss Grybas explain as the train continues south?

2. What does Lina recall drawing?

3. What does Ona finally agree to do?

4. When does Elena think the Soviets will be stopped?

5. What do the train occupants do when it rains?

(see the answer key)

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