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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25 through 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elena tell Mrs. Rimas?
(a) She is going to start growing her own food.
(b) She hopes her mother will find a way to bring them to France.
(c) She hopes to send a letter out of the nearby post office.
(d) She hopes her husband will be released soon.

2. What do the train occupants do when it rains?
(a) Sing loudly to drone out the noise of the rain hitting the roof.
(b) Try to clean themselves.
(c) Hold cups out to catch the water.
(d) Huddle in one corner where there are no drips.

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

4. Why does Elena rush to get herself and Lina clean?
(a) She is afraid for the two of them to be naked in front of the soldiers for long.
(b) She can hardly stand her smell.
(c) She thinks the guards will limit their time in the showers.
(d) She thinks the hot water will be gone quickly.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when a man jumps off the truck?

3. What does Lina realize about the possibility of running?

4. What does Ona do when they are loaded back on the trucks?

5. Who does the bald man say is worse than Stalin?

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