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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What paper did the Rudomins use to write to Samuel?
(a) An old homework paper of Esther's.
(b) They bought paper.
(c) They wrote on the back of his letter.
(d) An old newspaper.

2. What would there be to eat sometimes when Raya spent time with Uncle Yozia and Aunt Zaya?
(a) Smoked beef.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Smoked red fish.
(d) Pastries.

3. What type of building housed the village library?
(a) Barracks.
(b) Log cabin.
(c) Hut.
(d) School.

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

5. What was Marya's husband's occupation?
(a) Politician.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Army officer.

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

7. What did Esther use to dye hospital gauze that she used for curtains in her family's hut?
(a) Red cabbage.
(b) Onion skins.
(c) Birch leaves.
(d) Carrot leaves.

8. What day of the week did the children of Rubtsovsk have to gather to haul bricks?
(a) Mondays.
(b) Wednesdays.
(c) Saturdays.
(d) Sundays.

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

10. What was Uncle Yozia's occupation?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Shoemaker.
(d) Carpenter.

11. What did Esther study for the declamation contest?
(a) An Ode to Stalin.
(b) Pushkin's Eugene Onegin.
(c) An Ode to Russian soldiers.
(d) A sonnet to the Soviet people.

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

13. What was Natasha's baby given when she cried?
(a) Wooden toy.
(b) Bottle.
(c) Rag soaked in sugar water to suck on.
(d) Pacifier.

14. In Chapter 14, how much longer did Esther believe that the potatoes in their cellar would last?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 2 weeks.

15. To what job was Raya transferred in Chapter 18?
(a) Factory.
(b) Construction.
(c) Field work.
(d) Restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Rudomins plant after school was over?

2. In Chapter 17, when was it announced that there was going to be a declamation contest?

3. How far did Esther have to walk to attend her new school in Chapter 18?

4. Who won the declamation contest?

5. How much money did Esther's Uncle Ben send?

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