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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did an egg cost in Rubtsovsk?
(a) 20 rubles.
(b) 15 rubles.
(c) 10 rubles.
(d) 5 rubles.

2. What type of a field did Esther and the children work in?
(a) Oat.
(b) Watermelon.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Potato.

3. What did some girls bring the prisoners who slept in the schoolroom?
(a) Watermelon.
(b) Bread.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Cheese.

4. What were the prisoners given occasionally to eat as a special treat?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Milk.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Soup with bits of meat.

5. How many hours did it take Esther and Grandmother Anna to walk to Rubtsovsk?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

6. How many Russian soldiers brought Esther's father to the house with his hands tied behind his back?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

7. What was the name of the hill where Esther liked to go to look down on her hometown?
(a) Climbing Hill.
(b) Towering Hill.
(c) Castle Hill.
(d) Tournament Hill.

8. How were the prisoners to march to the village?
(a) 4 abreast.
(b) In groups of 2.
(c) In groups of 5.
(d) 3 abreast.

9. What foreign language was Esther to study in Rubtsovsk?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

10. What did Raya put on her skin to help prevent frostbite?
(a) Cream.
(b) Goose fat.
(c) Bear fat.
(d) Petroleum jelly.

11. How many openings provided light and air in the railroad car the Rudomins were put into?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

12. What did Solomon die from?
(a) Ulcerated liver.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Cancer.
(d) TB.

13. On what day of the week were people allowed to go to the village?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

14. In Chapter 5, Esther said that her skirts had grown shorter. By how many inches did Esther's skirts become shorter?
(a) 1/2 inch.
(b) Almost an inch.
(c) Almost 2 inches.
(d) 3/4 inch.

15. What year was it in Chapter 1?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade did Esther enter school in Russia?

2. How many Jewish men gathered in the hut to pray with Samuel after he learned that his father died?

3. How wide were the beds in the barracks where the former prisoners were to stay?

4. When was a pact made to give all Polish citizens amnesty?

5. How old was Boris?

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