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

2. What were the prisoners given occasionally to eat as a special treat?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Milk.
(c) Soup with bits of meat.
(d) Cheese.

3. What illness caused Esther to spend a few days alone in the room they all shared?
(a) Measles.
(b) Fever.
(c) Chicken Pox.
(d) Pneumonia.

4. What did some of the native Siberian men drink?
(a) Rum.
(b) Cologne.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Gin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hitler's armies march on Poland?

2. What street did Esther live on in Vilna?

3. How old was Great-grandmother Reisa when she died?

4. How old was Boris?

5. How much of the heating material did the Rudomins have to provide when they moved to a different hut in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Great-grandmother Reisa die?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was the city of Vilna like?

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

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

10. What did the prisoners learn at a meeting at the beginning of Chapter 6?

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