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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what orchestra does Yegudkin play before he comes to New York?
(a) The orchestra of Tsar Stalin.
(b) The orchestra of Czar Nikolai.
(c) The orchestra of Lenin.
(d) The orchestra of Brezhnev.

2. What does Jack do when he finally enters the living room?
(a) He stands next to his aunt and uncle.
(b) He kneels next to his father and puts his arm around him.
(c) He stands next to his father and pats his back.
(d) He sits next to his mother on the couch.

3. What is the kitchen like in Jack's house?
(a) It is a mess from the wind storm.
(b) It is painted a dark blue.
(c) It is empty and dark.
(d) It is filled with people and the smell of food.

4. How does Jack feel as he nears the homecoming scene?
(a) Relieved and exhausted.
(b) Dizzy and nauseated.
(c) Happy and grateful.
(d) Exhausted and childlike.

5. How does Yegudkin's wife survive their ordeal?
(a) She is hardly harmed by the soldiers.
(b) She is terribly crippled from the gunshots.
(c) She is left behind and lives in a work camp.
(d) She is blinded by the wounds she received.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does his family think about Jack's means of coping with his emotions?

2. What can Jack hear from the other workers sitting at the other lunch site?

3. In Dale's story, whose skull is Lord Byron trying to make into a drinking cup?

4. Since his father has returned home, what does Jack do late at night?

5. To whom does Jack confide in and tell his tractor stories?

(see the answer key)

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