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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. How far did Esther have to walk to attend her new school in Chapter 18?

2. What was one of the gifts that Esther received for her 12th birthday?

3. What color eyes did the boy who Esther fell in love with have?

4. How much money did Esther's Uncle Ben send?

5. Including Esther, how many children walked together to school in a convoy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the children of Rubtsovsk help their parents with the fuel needed to heat their homes?

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

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

4. What was the boy who was interested in Esther like?

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

6. What did Samuel say in his first letter?

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

8. Why did Esther believe at first that Svetlana was a snob?

9. What work did Uncle Yozia find for Esther?

10. Who were Uncle Yozia and Zaya?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When it finally came time to leave, Esther was reluctant to leave Siberia. Discuss Esther's feelings as she prepared to leave Siberia and why she was reluctant to leave.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 6, the Poles learned that they had received amnesty. Discuss why the Poles received amnesty and how it affected their lives.

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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