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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. What was the name of Esther's governess?

2. What nationality did Esther see in her mother's features?

3. What did Esther's mother pack for her migraines?

4. How many separate apartments were in Esther's house?

5. How many families wished to stay at the mine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the city of Vilna like?

2. When Esther returned from taking the matchbox filled with jewels to her grandmother, who was at the door?

3. What did Esther see at night when there was no storm brewing?

4. How did Great-grandmother Reisa die?

5. What techniques did Raya learn for protecting herself in the Siberian winter?

6. Describe Esther's house.

7. Why was Vilna known as the Jerusalem of Europe?

8. How did everyone help Esther prepare herself for school?

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

10. Who was Makrinin and what was he like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When it finally came time to leave, Esther was reluctant to leave Siberia. Discuss Esther's feelings as she prepared to leave Siberia and why she was reluctant to leave.

Essay Topic 2

Esther and her mother and grandmother struggled to survive when Samuel was sent to the front. Discuss ingenuity and how the women used ingenuity to survive.

Essay Topic 3

Samuel was ordered to work on the front lines. Discuss the reactions of the Rudomin family to the news that Samuel had to work on the front lines.

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