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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. What type of earrings did Marya wear?

3. What color hair did the boy who was Esther's first love have?

4. What color wool did Esther use to make a sweater for a little girl?

5. What was Uncle Yozia's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Esther get a pair of shoes?

2. How did Grandmother Anna and Raya react when Esther told them she lost a 30-ruble note?

3. Why did all heads turn when Marya Nikolayevna made her appearance?

4. What work did Uncle Yozia find for Esther?

5. What did the radio bring that Esther listened to in Chapter 19?

6. Who were Uncle Yozia and Zaya?

7. What did Samuel say in his first letter?

8. Where was the only place that Esther forgot the cold and Siberia?

9. What job did the children in Rubtsovsk have to perform on Sunday?

10. How did Esther measure Marya for a sweater?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Esther and her mother and grandmother struggled to survive when Samuel was sent to the front. Discuss ingenuity and how the women used ingenuity to survive.

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

Discuss how the Rudomins treated a bum who lived with them and how being treated with dignity affected Vanya and his position in the village.

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