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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time did Esther's escort pick her up for the masquerade?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

2. What instrument did Shurik play?
(a) Balalaika.
(b) Gusli.
(c) Accordian.
(d) Guitar.

3. When Esther and her mother moved to a new hut in Chapter 17, what was the name of the couple's baby?
(a) Zoya.
(b) Irina.
(c) Anna.
(d) Katia.

4. What was made in one of the new factories that was built in Rubtsovsk?
(a) Heating units.
(b) Tractors.
(c) Tin cans.
(d) Auto parts.

5. What was the name of the boy who Esther had a crush upon?
(a) Vladmir.
(b) Viktor.
(c) Yuri.
(d) Anton.

6. What disease ran rampant during the Rudomins' second summer in Siberia?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Dengue fever.
(c) Yellow fever.
(d) Typhus.

7. What color were Esther's curtains that she made from hospital gauze?
(a) Tan.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

8. What color were Anna Semyonovna's eyes?
(a) Gray.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

9. How long did the Rudomins have to wait in line to use the public bath?
(a) 60 min.
(b) At least a couple of hours.
(c) About 3 hours.
(d) 45 min.

10. What type of earrings did Marya wear?
(a) Silver.
(b) Gold.
(c) Diamond.
(d) Sapphire.

11. Including Esther, how many children walked together to school in a convoy?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

12. When was Esther's birthday?
(a) October.
(b) November.
(c) September.
(d) January.

13. In Chapter 14, how many rubles were left to get Esther, Raya, and Anna through the month?
(a) 25.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

14. What color gown did Esther hope to borrow for a masquerade?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Blue.

15. In Chapter 17, when was it announced that there was going to be a declamation contest?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) November.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Esther take to sell to get money in Chapter 14?

2. What did Esther study for the declamation contest?

3. What day of the week did the children of Rubtsovsk have to gather to haul bricks?

4. How many children came to Esther's birthday party in Vilna?

5. What was the name of the heroine in the piece that Esther studied for the declamation contest?

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