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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 has Andrius considered doing for his mother?
(a) Joining the army.
(b) Killing himself.
(c) Killing her.
(d) Trying to escape.

2. What can Lina not get over?
(a) That the bald man would know about her family when she did not.
(b) That Kretsky has been so kind.
(c) That her family is there while Joana's family is comfortable in Germany.
(d) That Andrius did not come with them.

3. What are the prisoners told they have to do?
(a) Sign papers or they'll be shot.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Work in the weapons factory.
(d) Build their own shelters.

4. What have Andrius and his mother decided to do?
(a) Escape together.
(b) Kill themselves together.
(c) Use their privileges to gain food for the others.
(d) Try to get a pardon.

5. Why is one man killed at the farm?
(a) He hit a guard.
(b) He refused to work.
(c) He wrote a letter.
(d) He tried to run away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the prisoners told?

2. What letter does Lina remember?

3. Why does Lina not go to find Jonas?

4. What does the grouchy woman provide for the celebration?

5. How does Mr. Stalas act toward Lina?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the prisoners have to do immediately when they arrive at Trofimovsk?

2. What does Lina observe about Andrius' mother when Lina slips away after eating her potato that Jonas brought?

3. How do the soldiers thrown out into the snow one day when Lina and Jonas are going to the kitchen and why do they eat the food immediately?

4. What letter does Lina remember receiving once from Joana?

5. What does Lina steal and how does she explain it to Andrius?

6. What news does Mrs. Rimas recieve in a letter and how is it coded?

7. Describe the encounter between Kretsky and Lina at the wood pile.

8. Describe the Christmas celebration.

9. How do the soldiers harass and frighten the women who have been digging a large hole?

10. What does Lina wonder when an American ship arrives?

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