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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. When Esther had a bad cough, when did the doctor believe Esther could go back to school?

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

3. What game did Musik always used to let Esther win?

4. What trees did Esther see along the river as the train left Vilna?

5. How many truckloads of people were brought to the gypsum mine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was Makrinin and what was he like?

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

6. How did Great-grandmother Reisa die?

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

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

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

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

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

Discuss traditions that the Rudomin family had to prevent bad luck and promote good luck and whether the Rudomins seriously believed that good or bad luck could be fostered by something like getting out of bed properly.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the birthday celebrations that Esther had in Vilna to the one she celebrated in Siberia.

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