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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 the bald man ask Jonas to do?
(a) Tell him a story.
(b) Read to him.
(c) Smother him.
(d) Shoot him.

2. About how big is the hut in which Lina the others live?
(a) 20 by 15.
(b) 12 by 18.
(c) 10 by 12.
(d) 10 by 20.

3. What does Andrius Arnydas say about his father?
(a) His father is in the Lithuanian Army.
(b) His father is on his way to Moscow to appeal the sentence.
(c) His father knows Stalin and will come to get him.
(d) His father was just killed by soldiers last week.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lina tell her mother about people in the other cars?

2. What is a kolkhoz?

3. What are the daily rations like?

4. What does Lina recall about doing once with her mother?

5. What does Lina realize her father meant when he told her to keep drawing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Lina remember about her artistic abilities?

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

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

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

7. Before the train leaves, does Andrius do and who goes with him?

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

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

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

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