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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What territory were the prisoners in when the train stopped?
(a) Altai.
(b) Crimea.
(c) Moldova.
(d) Turkmenistan.

3. When did the Russians occupy Vilna?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1942.

4. When was a pact made to give all Polish citizens amnesty?
(a) July 30.
(b) September 15.
(c) August 12.
(d) October 2.

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

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

7. About how long did the Rudomins and others travel before they were allowed off the train?
(a) About 4 weeks.
(b) About 6 weeks.
(c) 7 weeks.
(d) 5 weeks.

8. Where had the doctor in Rubtsovsk lived before coming to the village?
(a) Novgorod.
(b) Volgograd.
(c) Moscow.
(d) St. Petersburg.

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

10. When did Hitler's armies march on Poland?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1936.

11. What nationality did Esther see in her mother's features?
(a) Spanish.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Italian.

12. What street did Esther live on in Vilna?
(a) Pogulanka Avenue.
(b) Spokojna Avenue.
(c) Tatarska Avenue.
(d) Kolska Avenue.

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

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

15. Where did Esther's father believe that they were traveling through?
(a) Ukraine.
(b) Buryatia.
(c) Mordovia.
(d) Komi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week did Esther have piano lessons?

2. What month was it when the prisoners got off the train?

3. What was Esther's father's occupation?

4. How much more did the Rudomins have to pay for their new dwelling place in Chapter 9?

5. How old was Great-grandmother Reisa when she died?

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