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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 47 through 62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does the train stop?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Once every other day.
(c) Never.
(d) Once a day.

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

3. What conversation with her father does Lina recall?
(a) About the people in this area of Russia.
(b) About the best methods of mass food production.
(c) About peasants.
(d) About Stalin's agricultural policies.

4. What does the old bald man say about himself?
(a) That he is going to get them out of there.
(b) That he is withered.
(c) That he is escaping.
(d) That he is giving up.

5. From what book of the Bible is there a reference in Mrs. Rimas' letter?
(a) Mark.
(b) Exodus.
(c) Acts.
(d) Psalms.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What interests Jonas about the farm?

3. What habit does Alexandras Lukas have?

4. What are they told when the truck stops?

5. Who helps Lina after the soldiers try to frighten the women?

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