Characters
The protagonist of the story.
Who is Lina Vilkas?
Visual depictions of Lina's true thoughts and feelings about the world around her.
What is a drawing?
What is Lithuania?
Kostas Vilkas said he could find Lena if she left a trail of...
What are drawings?
Captives in the camp such as Lena had to work grueling hours in order to receive rations of...
What is food and firewood?
This blonde NKVD officer is put in charge of Lina's camp and is mentioned throughout the story.
Who is Nikolai Kretszky?
This symbolized the love of Lina's family.
What is a family photograph?
The first labor camp that Lina, her mother, and brother where sent to in which the lived for 246 days.
What is the Altai Labor Camp?
This is the city where Lina was supposed to attend a summer art program with some of the most talented artists in northern Europe.
What is Vilnius?
When forced to suddenly evacuate her house, Lina forgets to bring this food, as told in Chapter 11.
What is bread?
Son of a military officer who forms an attachment to Lina while in the camp.
Who is Andrius Arvydas?
This object symbolized strength and endurance to carry on living.
What is the rock?
The mountains that Lina crossed on day 21 of her deportation.
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What are the Ural Mountains?
Lena was fascinated by this particular artist during a school trip to the museum according to her account in Chapter 13.
Who is Munch?
Kostas Vilkas handed this to his children through a hole in the train floor board.
What is ham?
The dictator of what is now the former Soviet Union (USSR).
Who is Joseph Stalin?
These symbolized Elena Vilkas's hope that her family would one day be reunited again in freedom.
What are clean clothes?
This is the town and country where captives were held in trains day 4 of their deportation before being separated from their families.
What is Minsk, Belarus?
Lena's father got angry at Lina for drawing this particular scene in which Stalin is wearing...
What is a clown suit?
Elena Vilkas is able to make this because of available rainwater...
What is potato soup?
Individual who saved the lives of the ill and weak deportees in the camp in Siberia.
Who is Dr. Samodurov?
This was a symbol of devotion and was given to Elena Vilkas as an act of protection before separation.
What is Kostas Vilkas's ring?
The location of the last camp that had by far the coldest climate.
What is Trofimovsk, North Pole?
Lena was asked to draw a portrait of...
Who is Commander Kolkhoz?
These three items were found in a package from Elena Vilkas' cousin Regina.
What is a small blanket, a sausage, and a coffee cake?