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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many families wished to stay at the mine?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

2. What month was it when the prisoners got off the train?
(a) June.
(b) August.
(c) July.
(d) September.

3. What did Esther earn when she knit a sweater for a little girl?
(a) A pair of boots.
(b) Milk and potatoes.
(c) A book.
(d) Beef.

4. How many weeks had the Rudomins been traveling when Esther's father spied mountains?
(a) 5-6 weeks.
(b) 3-4 weeks.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 2 weeks.

5. What did Esther use to dye hospital gauze that she used for curtains in her family's hut?
(a) Red cabbage.
(b) Onion skins.
(c) Carrot leaves.
(d) Birch leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair did the other girl have who was also not accepted by the other schoolchildren?

2. How tall was Esther's grandmother?

3. How many of the Siberians had a chipped front tooth from eating sunflower seeds?

4. What type of hat did Grandmother Anna wear on the train?

5. How much money did Esther's Uncle Ben send?

(see the answer key)

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