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Which family member gets sent to a different train when the family is being deported?
Esther's grandfather
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What is the main source of food in Siberia?
Potatoes
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What is the first job Esther's mother must do in Siberia?
dynamiting
100
_________________ is Esther's hometown.
Vilna
100
What is the name of the author of The Endless Steppe?
Esther Hautzig
200
What nickname does Esther's father call her?
Lalinka
200
What is the name of the market in Siberia?
the baracholka
200
The Rudomin family is arrested and exiled because they are accused of being
capitalists
200
________________________ are Esther's favorite treat.
sunflower seeds
200
How many years did Esther's family live in Siberia?
5
300
Why does Svetlana hate Esther when Esther first comes to school?
She is jealous of her hair.
300
The huts in Siberia are made out of mud and
dung
300
What illness does Esther have, which caused her to miss school until spring?
bronchitis
300
____________________ is the English teacher that Esther disliked the most.
Raisa Nikitovna
300
Esther's grandfather dies of
pneumonia
400
What is the name of Esther's meanest client?
Marya Nikolayevna
400
What language do they speak in Siberia?
Russian
400
When Esther is transferred to a new school, she runs for the position of
Editor of the school paper
400
When Esther first starts school, she can speak Yiddish and _______________, but not Russian.
German
400
Someone who hates African Americans is called a racist. Someone who hates Jews is called an
Anti-Semite
500
What is Vanya the Bum's real name?
Ivan Petrovich
500
What do they mine in Siberia?
gypsum
500
What is the name of the piece Esther wishes to recite at the declamation contest?
Tatyana's Dream
500
Esther wants to go the dance with ___________, but ends up going with ______________.
Yuri, Shurik
500
Name the two items that Esther purchases when the war is over, before she sees her father.
sapogy and a fafaika