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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 color were Svetlana's eyes?

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

3. What did Esther's mother give her to take to her grandmother?

4. How many people were packed into the railroad car?

5. What river ran through the town where Esther lived?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Esther refuse to go to nursery school when she was four?

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

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

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

5. What was a Siberian electrical storm like?

6. What did Grandmother and Mrs. Kaftal like to talk about?

7. How did Great-grandmother Reisa die?

8. Why didn't Samuel come home one night after work?

9. What was the city of Vilna like?

10. Describe Esther's house.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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

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