Vocabulary
What word means...
Showing a critical or disrespectful attitude?
Derogatory
What historical date/event does our book start on?
June 14th 1941 - The June Deportations
How old is Lina?
15 Years Old
What is stamped on the train cars?
Thieves and Prostitutes
What did Lina's mom trade to keep Jonas with them at the train station?
Her grandfather's gold pocket watch.
What word means...
Of a feeling or atmosphere so intense as to seem almost tangible?
Palpable
What were the people being deported to do?
To be sold to work.
Andrius Arvydas and his Mother.
What were the train cars initially used to transport?
Livestock
What kind of things had Lina's mother sewn into her coat?
Jewelry, papers, and silver
What word means...
A strong supporter of a party, cause, or person?
Partisan
Why was Lina's family being deported?
(Hint: who was the first people to be deported?)
Her father was the Provost of the University and held great power and respect in the country.
What happens to both Ona and her baby?
They die.
Where were the people taken at the end of the section?
To a small village with huts.
What item did Lina draw on and pass on to get to her father?
A handkerchief
What word means...
To send someone back to their own country?
Repratrate
When Germany moved into Lithuania, people on the train felt what and why?
Happy because they thought Germany was going to save them from the Soviets.
What crosses Lina's mind when she was supposed to get the buckets of water for their train car?
Run
"The chaos was palpable"
"The train platform was in complete pandemonium."
What did Lina draw that her father had gotten to angry at?
She drew him and his friend mocking Joseph Stalin the leader of Russia.
What word means...
Of or characterized as middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes?
Bourgeois
What was the name of the Capital of Lithuania that the train cars rolled through on their journey?
(Hint: this is where Soviets set up military headquarters)
Vilnius
Why did her mother break all her beautiful things?
She didn't want the NKVD to enjoy them.
Before Lina left her house, she got to look into a mirror. How long did she say it would be until she looked in a real mirror again?
More than a decade.
Lina's father hints at how she can stay in touch with him by saying he'll know her art work like she knows whose?
Edvard Munch