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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 Jonas do without complaint?
(a) Carries a large suitcase.
(b) Puts on three layers of clothing.
(c) Carris the dog.
(d) Hides in the cupboard.

2. What does Lina realize when her mother tells her to button her coat?
(a) That her cat ran out the front door.
(b) That their father has already been taken.
(c) That Jonas is missing.
(d) That Lina is still in her nightgown.

3. What happens to Ona's baby?
(a) The baby has croup.
(b) The baby starts doing better.
(c) The baby dies.
(d) The baby becomes listless.

4. What happens one day when the train comes to a stop?
(a) The people are turned over to the Germans.
(b) The people are set free.
(c) The people find themselves in open countryside.
(d) The people are massacred.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ona?

2. What did Lina once say about Stalin?

3. How often does the train stop?

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

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

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