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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 one of the gifts that Esther received for her 12th birthday?
(a) Apple.
(b) Candy.
(c) Scarf.
(d) Book.

2. What was made in one of the new factories that was built in Rubtsovsk?
(a) Tin cans.
(b) Tractors.
(c) Auto parts.
(d) Heating units.

3. What was a favorite pastime of the boys in Siberia?
(a) Raising pigeons.
(b) Raising hawks.
(c) Hiking.
(d) Playing marbles.

4. What instrument did Shurik play?
(a) Accordian.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Balalaika.
(d) Gusli.

5. What paper did the Rudomins use to write to Samuel?
(a) An old homework paper of Esther's.
(b) An old newspaper.
(c) They bought paper.
(d) They wrote on the back of his letter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money did Esther's Uncle Ben send?

3. Where did Uncle Yozia and his wife Zaya live before they moved to Rubtsovsk?

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

5. What color were Esther's curtains that she made from hospital gauze?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was it so difficult to walk on the steppe in the Spring?

2. Who was Ivan Petrovich?

3. How did the children of Rubtsovsk help their parents with the fuel needed to heat their homes?

4. What was a chiffarobe?

5. What job did the children in Rubtsovsk have to perform on Sunday?

6. What did Samuel say in his first letter?

7. Why did Raya wish she had admitted that it was her brother who knocked on her door their last day in Vilna?

8. Who were Uncle Yozia and Zaya?

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

10. How did Grandmother Anna and Raya react when Esther told them she lost a 30-ruble note?

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