View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a guard do to quiet Ona?
(a) Puts a gag in her mouth.
(b) Slaps her.
(c) Kills her.
(d) Intimidates her.

2. What does the gray-haired man notice Lina doing?
(a) Composing a song.
(b) Polishing a ring.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Drawing patriotic symbols on the wall.

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

4. What does Ona do when they are loaded back on the trucks?
(a) She refuses to speak.
(b) She starts chanting loudly.
(c) She sobs.
(d) She whimpers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes care of doing what has to be done concerning Ona's baby?

2. Who directs the packing?

3. What is grown on this farm?

4. What does Lina remember as her mother is donning her coat?

5. What does Lina's father give Lina?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lina recall about a shopping trip with her mother once?

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

3. What happens in Vilnius?

4. Who introduces himself and what does he say about his father?

5. Who does Lina recognize on the truck and what does one prisoner do and what happens to him?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 778 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample