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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 tell her mother about people in the other cars?
(a) Nothing as she can't see the others.
(b) They look sick.
(c) They look like they are eating better.
(d) They look like they've given up hope.

2. What made Lina angry about her conversation with her father?
(a) That the people in this area of Russia are considered inferior.
(b) That peasants are considered expendable.
(c) The way Stalin took the land away from individuals.
(d) That the best methods of food production were ignored.

3. How many people does Lina count in the train car?
(a) 46.
(b) 75.
(c) 15.
(d) 21.

4. What is Ona like when she undresses?
(a) She is mottled in hives.
(b) She still looks pregnant.
(c) Her legs are caked in blood.
(d) She is leaking milk still.

5. What was Elena promised in return?
(a) A larger ration of food.
(b) Freedom in one year.
(c) Her children would be safe.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Elena ordered to go?

2. What drawing that Lina did once infuriated Lina's father?

3. Who is Mrs. Rimas?

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

5. What does Ona finally agree to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Lina thinking about as the story opens?

3. What happens when Lina's family is first on the train?

4. What does Lina tell a gray-haired man about her drawing?

5. What happens to Ona?

6. How do they dispose of Ona's baby's body?

7. What does the bald man say about Hitler, and what does Lina think about it?

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

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

10. Describe the arrest of Lina's family.

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