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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 did Esther study for the declamation contest?
(a) A sonnet to the Soviet people.
(b) An Ode to Stalin.
(c) An Ode to Russian soldiers.
(d) Pushkin's Eugene Onegin.

2. Who was one of the actors in the American movie Esther saw in Chapter 10?
(a) Jack Benny.
(b) James Stewart.
(c) Frank Capra.
(d) Clark Gable.

3. What was Uncle Yozia's occupation?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Shoemaker.

4. Why didn't a mother knit a sweater for her daughter, but instead had Esther knit it?
(a) She didn't know how to knit.
(b) She didn't have time.
(c) She didn't want her daughter to see her knitting.
(d) She had lost most of one hand.

5. How much money was Esther able to get when she sold something in Chapter 14?
(a) 15 rubles.
(b) 30 rubles.
(c) 25 rubles.
(d) 20 rubles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Marya's husband's occupation?

2. What color wool did Esther use to make a sweater for a little girl?

3. What was Vanya's occupation before he was sent to Siberia?

4. What skill did Esther learn from Natasha?

5. How far did Esther have to walk to attend her new school in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Raisa Nikitovna respond when Esther asked permission to enter the declamation contest?

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

3. What was a chiffarobe?

4. How did Esther have to sleep when they moved away from Yosif's house?

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

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

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

8. Who was Ivan Petrovich?

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

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

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