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Between shades
Study guide for Between Shades of Gray test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How does the book begin? (4) | The Vilkas family (Elena, Lina, and Jonas) are arrested by the NKVD |
| How much was Jonas’s life worth to an NKVD officer? (27) | A pocket watch |
| How did the Soviets make the deportees look like criminals? (41) | They put the phrase “thieves and prostitutes” on the train car |
| What did Lina first use to draw on and pass along to her father? (62) | A handkerchief |
| What gift makes its way among Lina, Andrius and Jonas throughout the story? | A stone |
| What three things were part of the condemnation papers the NKVD tried to get the prisoners to sign at the labor camp? (142) | They agree to join the collective farm,They agree to pay a war tax of two hundred rubles per person, They agree to be imprisoned for 25 years |
| What were they forced to do before taking a shower? (97) | Undress in front of the soldiers |
| What does Andrius pull Jonas away from seeing? (102) | Ona's body after the guard shot her |
| Where is the farming area where the trucks arrive? (105) | near Altai |
| What is grown on this farm? (105) | beets and potatoes |
| When are the prisoners taken to the military office? (140) | In the middle of the night |
| Who is Ulyushka? (138) | The old woman with whom Lina's family lives on the farm |
| When they arrived at the first work camp, what happened when Lina, her mother, and their friend were digging a huge hole? (150) | They were buried alive momentarily. |
| What did Lina's father tell Lina when she found him? (44) | You can help me find you. |
| Where did the main characters, Lina, Jonas, and Elena, live prior to being deported? (4) | Lithuania |
| How did Lina save Andrius's life? (54) | She pulled him into the train when he was hurt. |
| What does Mr. Lukas say is wrong with Jonas? (193) | Scurvy |
| What is a kolkhoz? (105) | A collective farm |
| What does the mother of the yellow girl who dies do? (256) | Jumps off the train when the girl's body is removed. |
| What was Lina interested in the most? | Art |
| What happened to Lina and Jonas when they snuck out of the train car at night? (46-47) | They were caught by the Russian police and threatened to be shot. |
| How did Andrius save Jonas? (195) | He gave him a can of tomatoes. |
| What happens to the little girl's doll? (252) | The doll was shot and ripped apart by NKVD officers |
| What do Lina and Jonas realize about their mother? (285) | She is giving the two of them most of her food rations. |
| What does Elena learn that makes her collapse? (298) | That her husband has been killed in prison. |
| What did Lina find in the book Andrius gave her for her birthday? (303) | secret notes written on pages |
| What Russian word did Andrius tell Lina she has to learn? and what does it mean? (324) | Krasivaya. It means beautiful, but with strength. |
| What did the little girl and Lina find in the snow? (305) | A dead owl |
| What do the NKVD immediately do when the American ship arrives? (280-281) | They hide them in their huts |
| Who revealed to Lina, the reason her family was in prison? (289) | The bald man |
| Why does a doctor arrive to help the prisoners in the end? (334) | Kretzsky sent the doctor to the camp |
| How is Lina’s story revealed to the public in the end? (337) | Construction workers find her stories 40 years later |
| How long was Lina imprisoned? (337) | 12 years |
| What was the last thing Andrius said to Lina? (248) | "I'll see you." |
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