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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. Why didn't a mother knit a sweater for her daughter, but instead had Esther knit it?

2. What color gown did Esther hope to borrow for a masquerade?

3. What was Zaya's occupation?

4. What type of fur did Marya wear?

5. Where did Uncle Yozia and his wife Zaya live before they moved to Rubtsovsk?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Esther get a pair of shoes?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Samuel say in his first letter?

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

9. What work did Uncle Yozia find for Esther?

10. How did Esther measure Marya for a sweater?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Esther commented that the prisoners on the train slept much of the time. Describe the train trip and what it was like to travel in the cattle car.

Essay Topic 3

When Esther got off the train, all the open space and the light overloaded her sense. Discuss sensory overload and why Esther experienced an overload of her senses.

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