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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) Electrical engineer.
(b) Physician.
(c) Veterinarian.
(d) Lawyer.

2. What was the name of the hill where Esther liked to go to look down on her hometown?
(a) Towering Hill.
(b) Castle Hill.
(c) Tournament Hill.
(d) Climbing Hill.

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

4. How wide were the beds in the barracks where the former prisoners were to stay?
(a) 90 inches.
(b) 60 inches.
(c) 70 inches.
(d) 80 inches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how long did the Rudomins and others travel before they were allowed off the train?

2. What did some girls bring the prisoners who slept in the schoolroom?

3. How many Russian soldiers brought Esther's father to the house with his hands tied behind his back?

4. In Chapter 5, how many people were allowed to go to the village at a time?

5. What did Nina want Raya to give her in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What jobs were the prisoners who worked in the mines given?

2. Why did Esther say that history was taught in Rubtsovsk with some curious omissions?

3. Why did Esther's family get out of bed right foot forward?

4. What did Esther and her grandmother buy in Rubtsovsk?

5. Why was Vilna known as the Jerusalem of Europe?

6. Who bought the slip that Esther and her grandmother brought to trade?

7. How was food purchased when the Rudomins were on the train?

8. What techniques did Raya learn for protecting herself in the Siberian winter?

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

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

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