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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Esther's father's occupation?
(a) Physician.
(b) Veterinarian.
(c) Electrical engineer.
(d) Lawyer.

2. How old was Great-grandmother Reisa when she died?
(a) 96.
(b) 87.
(c) 92.
(d) 85.

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

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

5. Who raced after the truck that took Esther, her parents, and grandparents to the train?
(a) Grandmother Sara.
(b) Uncle David.
(c) Aunt Sonia.
(d) Liusik.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Esther's first meal on the train?

2. What color were Svetlana's eyes?

3. What color dress did Grandmother Anna wear when she and Esther went to the village?

4. What color curtains did Esther have in her bedroom in Chapter 1?

5. What nationality did Esther see in her mother's features?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the prisoners called for a meeting in Chapter 5?

2. What was a Siberian electrical storm like?

3. What buildings did Esther see in Rubtsovsk when she went with her grandmother?

4. What did Rubtsovsk look like when Esther first saw it?

5. How did Esther describe her Great-grandmother Reisa?

6. What news did the Rudomins learn from a soldier?

7. When Esther returned from taking the matchbox filled with jewels to her grandmother, who was at the door?

8. What did Grandmother and Mrs. Kaftal like to talk about?

9. What did Esther pray when the moon came up the first night she spent at the gypsum mine?

10. How did Great-grandmother Reisa die?

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