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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 eye disease did Nikita have?
(a) Corneal ulcer.
(b) Blepharitis.
(c) Conjunctivitis.
(d) Trachoma.

2. What foreign language was Esther to study in Rubtsovsk?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Spanish.
(d) German.

3. How many openings provided light and air in the railroad car the Rudomins were put into?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What territory were the prisoners in when the train stopped?

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

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

4. What did Esther's mother give her to take to her grandmother?

5. How many years after Esther arrived in Rubtsovsk, did it become a town of some industrial importance?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did everyone help Esther prepare herself for school?

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

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

7. Why did Esther refuse to go to nursery school when she was four?

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

9. Who took charge in the railroad car the Rudomins were packed into?

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

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