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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 a favorite pastime of the boys in Siberia?

2. What instrument did Svetlana play?

3. What was a troupe of actors from a repertory company performing in Rubtsovsk?

4. What type of paper did Esther and Miss Rachel use to make clowns ruffs and hats for birthday parties in Vilna?

5. What color dress did Anya lend Esther for the masquerade?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Samuel say in his first letter?

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

3. What was a chiffarobe?

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

5. What was the reason that Svetlana didn't like Esther?

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

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

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

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

10. How did Raisa Nikitovna respond when Esther asked permission to enter the declamation contest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 8, Esther said that trouble became their constant companion. Discuss why Esther thought that trouble was her family's constant companion.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the relationship between Esther and her mother.

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