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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 one of the men insist is happening to the prisoners?
(a) They are going to be shot.
(b) They are being taken to America.
(c) They are going to work in Russian factories.
(d) They are going to be set free in Siberia.

2. What happens when Kretsky gets off the boat?
(a) He is met by his sister.
(b) He is given new orders.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He is ordered back on it.

3. Where has the boat crossed when the prisoners start getting excited that they are going to America?
(a) They do not know where they are.
(b) The Black Sea.
(c) The Arctic Circle.
(d) The English Channel.

4. What are the prisoners told?
(a) They have to sign a document.
(b) Some of them are being released.
(c) The Germans have occupied their country.
(d) Some of them are being transferred to another farm.

5. What does the old bald man say about himself?
(a) That he is going to get them out of there.
(b) That he is escaping.
(c) That he is giving up.
(d) That he is withered.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andrius bring for Jonas?

2. What does a Siberian woman offer?

3. What does Lina do the next time she sees Andrius?

4. What does the doctor ask the bald man to do?

5. What does Lina think of Andrius?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Elena collapse one day?

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

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

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

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

7. What happens to Kretsky when the prisoners arrive at some port?

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

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

10. How does Kretsky show his humanity after they have frightened the women?

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