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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 Jonas find?
(a) An ax.
(b) Some boxes of warm clothing.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A barrel to be used as a stove.

2. How does Mrs. Arvydas appear?
(a) Nice.
(b) Disheveled.
(c) Hungry.
(d) Upset.

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

4. Why are the prisoners given more food than usual?
(a) There is a new, more compassionate commandant.
(b) They are not given more food.
(c) There is more available in this region.
(d) So they can work harder at their destination.

5. What does Janina tell the bald man?
(a) Her family hid his daughter.
(b) Her family knows his son.
(c) Hitler might be killing Jews.
(d) Hitler is turning out to be worse than Stalin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the soldiers tell the woman who have been digging to do?

2. Who helps Lina after the soldiers try to frighten the women?

3. What does Lina steal?

4. What do they learn about the Japanese?

5. How do the women act the rest of the day after the soldiers try to scare them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Christmas celebration.

2. What has Hitler done in Lithuania, and what is the bald man's response to the action?

3. How does Andrius and a Siberian woman help save Jonas' life?

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

5. What does Elena reveal about Kretsky?

6. Why does Elena collapse one day?

7. What happens to Jonas?

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

9. What causes Lina to appreciate the risk that some take to get food for others?

10. How does Elena and Jonas praise Andrius and what is Lina's feeling about the praise?

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