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

2. How many separate apartments were in Esther's house?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. How long was Esther allowed to lay on a straw mattress when she was sick?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 1 day.

4. What color roof was on Esther's house?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Tan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What game did Musik always used to let Esther win?

2. How many people lived in the hut where the Rudomins moved after Nina became pregnant?

3. In Chapter 5, Esther said that her skirts had grown shorter. By how many inches did Esther's skirts become shorter?

4. How many hours did it take Esther and Grandmother Anna to walk to Rubtsovsk?

5. When Esther had a bad cough, when did the doctor believe Esther could go back to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't Samuel come home one night after work?

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

3. How did Easter feel when she got off the train in Chapter 3?

4. What did Esther see at night when there was no storm brewing?

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

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

7. What was a Siberian electrical storm like?

8. What jobs were the Poles assigned?

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

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

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