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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 did Lina once say about Stalin?
(a) He should be hanged.
(b) He should be run out of Lithuania.
(c) He saved Russia from starvation.
(d) He was a hero.

2. Why do they wait for hours at their next stop?
(a) For the train to arrive.
(b) For a woman to give birth.
(c) For the men's truck to arrive.
(d) For some papers to arrive.

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

4. What are they forced to do?
(a) Sit back to back and be tied.
(b) Undress in front of the soldiers.
(c) Gather food from a field.
(d) Burn their old clothes.

5. Who directs the packing?
(a) Each person packs for him/herself.
(b) Lina.
(c) Elena.
(d) Jona.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Miss Grybas?

2. What does Lina realize about her parents' plans?

3. What does Ona do when they are loaded back on the trucks?

4. Who is Ona?

5. What happens one day when the train comes to a stop?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are the prisoners and what does Lina remember about Stalin's agriculture policies?

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

3. What does Lina's father say to Lina?

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

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

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

7. Why are Ona and the bald man in danger and what do the others do?

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

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

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

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