2. Why are the prisoners given more food than usual?
(a) There is more available in this region.
(b) They are not given more food.
(c) There is a new, more compassionate commandant.
(d) So they can work harder at their destination.

3. What does Mrs. Rimas learn?
(a) That her son is able to get to England.
(b) That her husband has been shot.
(c) That her daughter is able to get to England.
(d) That her husband is still alive.

4. What does Elena notice about Andrius and Lina?
(a) They avoid each other.
(b) They are getting close.
(c) They seem to hate each other.
(d) They are nicer to each other than they had been.

5. What does Janina tell the bald man?
(a) Hitler is turning out to be worse than Stalin.
(b) Her family hid his daughter.
(c) Her family knows his son.
(d) Hitler might be killing Jews.

6. What payment does the bald man ask in return for revealing the secret?
(a) An extra ration for two days.
(b) The use of her mittens for a few minutes.
(c) The use of her ear muffs for a few minutes.
(d) Nothing.

7. Who is Ulyushka?
(a) The doctor who visits once a month.
(b) The administrator of the farm.
(c) The nurse who visits once a week.
(d) The old woman with whom Lina's family lives.

8. What does Elena learn that makes her collapse?
(a) That her husband has been killed in prison.
(b) That Jonas is being sent away.
(c) That they are going to be shot.
(d) That Lina is being sent away.

9. What does the mother of a girl who dies do?
(a) Jumps off the train when the girl's body is removed.
(b) Attacks a soldier.
(c) Attacks the doctor.
(d) Nothing.

10. Who does Lina see outside when the train stops?
(a) Kretsky.
(b) Andrius.
(c) Lukas.
(d) Her father.

11. What does Andrius tell Lina when she sees him as she leaves Mr. Stalas?
(a) He is going to escape.
(b) His father is arriving the next day.
(c) The blond soldier's name.
(d) His family has been pardoned.

12. What does Lina watch Mrs. Rimas do one day?
(a) Feed a pigeon a few crumbs of bread.
(b) Offer Jonas half of her bread ration.
(c) Cram her entire ration of bread in her mouth at once.
(d) Whisper to a guard.

13. What do Lina and Jonas realize about their mother?
(a) She has given up hope.
(b) She has withdrawn.
(c) She is secretly seeing the soldiers to beg for more supplies.
(d) She is giving the two of them most of her food rations.

14. Where does Andrius say he got what he brought for Jonas?
(a) He does not say.
(b) Buys it on the black market.
(c) Steals it.
(d) Sneaks into the village and buys it from a villager.

15. What are the prisoners told?
(a) The Germans have occupied their country.
(b) Some of them are being released.
(c) Some of them are being transferred to another farm.
(d) They have to sign a document.