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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 was Esther's first meal on the train?

3. What did Grandmother Anna take to trade in Rubtsovsk?

4. When did the Russians occupy Vilna?

5. Later, how many Polish people did Esther learn were deported as "class enemies"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who took charge in the railroad car the Rudomins were packed into?

7. How did Great-grandmother Reisa die?

8. What jobs were the Poles assigned?

9. What could Esther see from the top of Castle Hill?

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

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

Living conditions were primitive at the mine. Discuss the living conditions at the gypsum mine.

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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