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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 color were Anna Semyonovna's eyes?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

2. What would there be to eat sometimes when Raya spent time with Uncle Yozia and Aunt Zaya?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Smoked beef.
(c) Pastries.
(d) Smoked red fish.

3. What type of building housed the village library?
(a) Barracks.
(b) Hut.
(c) Log cabin.
(d) School.

4. What did Raya use to make goulash for Esther's 12th birthday party?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Turnips.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Rutabagas.

5. What did Grandfather used to give the child whose flowers looked the best?
(a) A toy.
(b) A movie ticket.
(c) 50 groshes.
(d) Candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Vanya the bum's last name?

2. What colors were the first collar and cuff set that Esther made?

3. What did Esther use to dye hospital gauze that she used for curtains in her family's hut?

4. What American movie did Esther see in Chapter 10?

5. How many children came to Esther's birthday party in Vilna?

Short Essay Questions

1. During the second Summer Esther spent in Siberia, who was her and the other girls' super-heroine?

2. Who were Uncle Yozia and Zaya?

3. How did Esther get a pair of shoes?

4. Why did Esther believe at first that Svetlana was a snob?

5. How did Esther try to attract the attention of Yuri?

6. What did the radio bring that Esther listened to in Chapter 19?

7. How did Esther measure Marya for a sweater?

8. What was a chiffarobe?

9. Where was the only place that Esther forgot the cold and Siberia?

10. Why did all heads turn when Marya Nikolayevna made her appearance?

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