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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 instrument did Svetlana play?
(a) Gusli.
(b) Balalaika.
(c) Lira.
(d) Gudok.

2. What color hair did the other girl have who was also not accepted by the other schoolchildren?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Chestnut.

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

4. When Samuel left for the front lines, how much food did the Rudomins have in their food cellar?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 2 weeks.

5. What color dress did the belle of the masquerade wear?
(a) Gold.
(b) Purple.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Esther study for the declamation contest?

2. How long did the Rudomins have to wait in line to use the public bath?

3. Including Esther, how many children walked together to school in a convoy?

4. What did Raya use to make goulash for Esther's 12th birthday party?

5. What time did Esther's escort pick her up for the masquerade?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was a chiffarobe?

4. How was Esther's birthday celebrated in Vilna?

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

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

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

8. Why didn't Esther do well at the declamation contest?

9. How did Esther get a pair of shoes?

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

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