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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 and Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Esther's first meal on the train?
(a) Watery cereal.
(b) Bread.
(c) Cabbage soup.
(d) Broth.

2. Later, how many Polish people did Esther learn were deported as "class enemies"?
(a) 550,000.
(b) 750,000.
(c) More than a million.
(d) A little less than a million.

3. How old was Esther at the beginning of the book?
(a) 6.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

4. What did Esther's mother pack for her migraines?
(a) Feverfew.
(b) Valerian.
(c) Aspirin.
(d) Pain killers.

5. What mountains did Esther's father believe that he saw while they were traveling on the train?
(a) Caucasas.
(b) Urals.
(c) Abakan Range.
(d) Baikal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Esther wash her hair with in Chapter 4?

2. What did some of the native Siberian men drink?

3. What trees did Esther see along the river as the train left Vilna?

4. What time were the prisoners forced to get up their first morning at the gypsum mines?

5. How fast was the train traveling that Esther and her family were on?

(see the answer key)

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