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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 the name of the other girl at Esther's new school who didn't quite fit in with the other children?

2. What colors were the first collar and cuff set that Esther made?

3. What skill did Esther learn from Natasha?

4. What did Raya use to make goulash for Esther's 12th birthday party?

5. In Chapter 14, how many rubles were left to get Esther, Raya, and Anna through the month?

Short Essay Questions

1. What work did Uncle Yozia find for Esther?

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 did Samuel say in his first letter?

4. How did Esther measure Marya for a sweater?

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

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

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

8. Who were Uncle Yozia and Zaya?

9. Who was Ivan Petrovich?

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

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

In Chapter 18, Esther was determined to get a pair of shoes. Discuss incidents from the book that show that Esther had the character trait of determination.

Essay Topic 3

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

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