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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 troupe of actors from a repertory company performing in Rubtsovsk?

2. What did Esther use to dye hospital gauze that she used for curtains in her family's hut?

3. In Chapter 18, what color shoes did a man give Esther?

4. When Esther and her mother moved to a new hut in Chapter 17, what was the name of the couple's baby?

5. What paper did the Rudomins use to write to Samuel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Ivan Petrovich?

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

3. What was a chiffarobe?

4. Who were Uncle Yozia and Zaya?

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

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

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

8. What work did Uncle Yozia find for Esther?

9. What did Samuel say in his first letter?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Esther developed a first impression of Makrinin and Popravka that proved to be true over time. Compare and contrast Makrinin and Popravka.

Essay Topic 2

Living conditions were primitive at the mine. Discuss the living conditions at the gypsum mine.

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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