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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 color wool did Esther use to make a sweater for a little girl?

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

3. What color was the skirt that Marya wanted Esther to use to make a sweater?

4. How long would Esther sometimes have to wait to read a book?

5. What color hair did the boy who was Esther's first love have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was a chiffarobe?

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

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

10. How did Esther get a pair of shoes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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.

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