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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lina remember as her mother is donning her coat?
(a) The items sewn into the lining.
(b) Her favorite doll.
(c) Her cat.
(d) Her best friend's book.

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

3. What does Lina's father say when she signs the drawing?
(a) That she has come up with a good signature.
(b) That no one would recognize the name.
(c) That she should not sign drawings any more because it is too dangerous.
(d) That she should not sign her drawings until she is recognized as an artist.

4. What is a kolkhoz?
(a) A foundry.
(b) A collection of tools.
(c) A community of buildings.
(d) A collective farm.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lina not tell her mother about Kostas?

3. About how big is the hut in which Lina the others live?

4. What does a grouchy woman in the group that Elena's family is in say?

5. Who is in the hut where Lina's family is assigned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Elena, Lina and Jonas forced to do?

2. Where do the prisoners arrive and where is Lina's family assigned?

3. How often does the train stop and for what reason?

4. What does Lina realize about her father's words about drawing?

5. What does Elena say the soldiers wanted of her and how does Jonas react to the information?

6. How do Lina, Elena and Mrs. Rimas relieve the stress of the camp?

7. What happens to Ona?

8. Describe the arrest of Lina's family.

9. Where does the truck go after Lina's family is on it and why does it go there?

10. What does Lina keep from her mother about Kostas?

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