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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many nights did the Jewish men pray with Samuel before the police ordered them to stop?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. What type of hat did Grandmother Anna wear on the train?
(a) Pillbox with feathers.
(b) Turban cloche.
(c) Tilt straw hat.
(d) Garbo slouch hat.

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

4. What color roof was on Esther's house?
(a) Blue.
(b) Tan.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

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

6. How many Jewish men gathered in the hut to pray with Samuel after he learned that his father died?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

7. What did Nina want Raya to give her in Chapter 6?
(a) A cross.
(b) A lacy slip.
(c) A dress.
(d) A menorah.

8. What grade did Esther enter school in Russia?
(a) 7th.
(b) 6th.
(c) 4th.
(d) 5th.

9. What did Samuel give to Esther and Grandmother Anna to trade in Rubtsovsk?
(a) Silk shirt.
(b) Leather shoes.
(c) Watch.
(d) Overcoat.

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

11. When Esther had a bad cough, when did the doctor believe Esther could go back to school?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

12. What illness caused Esther to spend a few days alone in the room they all shared?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Measles.
(c) Chicken Pox.
(d) Fever.

13. What eye disease did Nikita have?
(a) Conjunctivitis.
(b) Trachoma.
(c) Blepharitis.
(d) Corneal ulcer.

14. How many people were crammed into the schoolroom to sleep?
(a) 26.
(b) 17.
(c) 19.
(d) 31.

15. How far was the gypsum mine from the village?
(a) 11 kilometers.
(b) 12 kilometers.
(c) 5 kilometers.
(d) 8 kilometers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many separate apartments were in Esther's house?

2. What author did Esther mention reading in Chapter 6 as an example of how terrible capitalism was?

3. What color were Svetlana's eyes?

4. What design was on the wallpaper in Esther's room?

5. What bird did Esther see as she and her grandmother began their walk to the village?

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