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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Boris?

2. How many huts were near the gypsum mine?

3. After Uncle David called, what did Esther's father wear when he went to Esther's grandfather's apartment?

4. How much of the heating material did the Rudomins have to provide when they moved to a different hut in Chapter 9?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the prisoners learn at a meeting at the beginning of Chapter 6?

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

4. Why were the prisoners called for a meeting in Chapter 5?

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

6. What news did the Rudomins learn from a soldier?

7. What did Esther pray when the moon came up the first night she spent at the gypsum mine?

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

9. How did Great-grandmother Reisa die?

10. What jobs were the prisoners who worked in the mines given?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 6, the Poles learned that they had received amnesty. Discuss why the Poles received amnesty and how it affected their lives.

Essay Topic 2

The baracholka provided hope. Discuss the baracholka and why it provided hope to the Rudomins and to the native peoples who attended it.

Essay Topic 3

When Esther got off the train, all the open space and the light overloaded her sense. Discuss sensory overload and why Esther experienced an overload of her senses.

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