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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 mountains did Esther's father believe that he saw while they were traveling on the train?

2. How many openings provided light and air in the railroad car the Rudomins were put into?

3. What territory were the prisoners in when the train stopped?

4. On what day of the week were people allowed to go to the village?

5. How much did an egg cost in Rubtsovsk?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Esther say that history was taught in Rubtsovsk with some curious omissions?

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

6. What buildings did Esther see in Rubtsovsk when she went with her grandmother?

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

8. Who bought the slip that Esther and her grandmother brought to trade?

9. Who was Makrinin and what was he like?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 18, Esther was determined to get a pair of shoes. Discuss incidents from the book that show that Esther had the character trait of determination.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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