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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. In Chapter 17, when was it announced that there was going to be a declamation contest?

2. How much money was Esther able to get when she sold something in Chapter 14?

3. How many children came to Esther's birthday party in Vilna?

4. What color hair did the other girl have who was also not accepted by the other schoolchildren?

5. What American movie did Esther see in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Esther try to attract the attention of Yuri?

2. Why was it so difficult to walk on the steppe in the Spring?

3. What work did Uncle Yozia find for Esther?

4. How did Esther get a pair of shoes?

5. How did Esther have to sleep when they moved away from Yosif's house?

6. Why didn't Esther do well at the declamation contest?

7. During the second Summer Esther spent in Siberia, who was her and the other girls' super-heroine?

8. Why did Raya wish she had admitted that it was her brother who knocked on her door their last day in Vilna?

9. What did Samuel say in his first letter?

10. How was Esther's birthday celebrated in Vilna?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship between Esther and her mother.

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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