Between the Shades of Gray
Ashleigh Floyd
1. When was Lina’s family taken?
-June 14, 1941
2. How long were they given to pack?
-20 minutes
3. What did her mother tell her to put in a suitcase?
-clothes and shoes
4. What does Lina’s mother make her children promise?
-not to respond if anyone tries to help them
5. How old is Jonas?
-10 years old
6. In 1940, what had the Soviets begun doing?
-move troops into Lithuania
7. Why does her mother break the good china?
-She loves the China and does not want the troops to have it.
8. What does Lina think of Josef Stalin?
-She thinks he is a bully.
9. What happens to the bald man?
-He breaks his leg trying to escape from the Soviet truck.
10. What does Lina say he brother’s life was worth?
-a pocket watch
11. Whose pocket watch did Lina’s mother give up?
-her father’s
12. What is Lina’s father’s name and what is his position at university?
-Kostas Vilkas, provost
13. How many people are in the cattle car?
-46
14. What did the NKVD call the Lithuanians? (NKVD = the secret police force that sent people to the Gulags)
-pigs
15. How old is Andrius?
-17
16. What was written on the cattle cars?
-The cattle cars had “thieves and prostitutes” written on them in Russian.
17. What was the priest doing as the cars left the station?
-issuing last rites
18. Where does the train stop?
-Vilnus, Lithuanian (the Lithuanian capital)
19. What song did the men and the people in the cars sings as the train was being split
apart?
-the Lithuanian national anthem
20. What does Miss Grybas start singing when she finds out that the Germans are in
Lithuania?
-Take Me Back To My Homeland
1.In the book,Between Shades of Gray,what piece of jewelry did Lina's father
give her when she saw him at the cattle car?
Answer:wedding ring Page:43
2.In the book,Between Shades of Gray,as their cattle cars were
being separated what song was being song by the men?
Answer:Lithuania Land of Heroes or national anthem Page:61
3.In the book,Between Shades of Gray,where was Trofimovsk in Siberia? Answer:top of the Artic Circle or near the North Pole Page:272
4.In the book,Between Shades of Gray,who killed the young mother Ona? Answer:the commander Page:101
5.In the book,Between Shades of Gray,after Lina's mother's death what items of clothing of her father's did Lina find in her mother;s suitcase
Answer:shirt and tie Page:320
Jamie Rule
1.In the book Between Shades of Gray, what does Leni’s last name, Vilkas, mean? p.68
Wolf
2. In the book Between Shades of Gray, what does Josef Stalin mean? p.141
Man of Steel
3. In the book Between Shades of Gray, where did Andrius hide Dombey and
Son? p.245
Under a loose floorboard beneath his bed
4. In the book Between Shades of Gray, to whom does Lina give the drawings that she made at Altai Labor Camp? p.244
Andrius
5. In the book Between Shades of Gray, to where did Mrs. Grybas believe the people on the list were being sent? p.247
America
6. In the book Between Shades of Gray, what does Lina call Janina before she knew the girl’s name? p.251-253
The girl with the dolly
7. In the book Between Shades of Gray, what happened to Liale, Janina’s doll? p.252
The soldiers threw her into the air and shot off her head
8. In the book Between Shades of Gray, why does Mr. Lukas wind his watch? p.282
It calms him
9. In the book Between Shades of Gray, why did the two Finns stay in Lina’s jurta for part of the second snowstorm? p.302
They were lost / they could not find their own jurta
10. In the book Between Shades of Gray, how old is Jonas when his mother dies? p.316
Eleven
11. In the book Between Shades of Gray, what does Lina believe the two possible outcomes of Siberia” are? p.319
Survival or death
12. In the book Between Shades of Gray, what stops the bald man from killing himself? p.323
Fear
-June 14, 1941
2. How long were they given to pack?
-20 minutes
3. What did her mother tell her to put in a suitcase?
-clothes and shoes
4. What does Lina’s mother make her children promise?
-not to respond if anyone tries to help them
5. How old is Jonas?
-10 years old
6. In 1940, what had the Soviets begun doing?
-move troops into Lithuania
7. Why does her mother break the good china?
-She loves the China and does not want the troops to have it.
8. What does Lina think of Josef Stalin?
-She thinks he is a bully.
9. What happens to the bald man?
-He breaks his leg trying to escape from the Soviet truck.
10. What does Lina say he brother’s life was worth?
-a pocket watch
11. Whose pocket watch did Lina’s mother give up?
-her father’s
12. What is Lina’s father’s name and what is his position at university?
-Kostas Vilkas, provost
13. How many people are in the cattle car?
-46
14. What did the NKVD call the Lithuanians? (NKVD = the secret police force that sent people to the Gulags)
-pigs
15. How old is Andrius?
-17
16. What was written on the cattle cars?
-The cattle cars had “thieves and prostitutes” written on them in Russian.
17. What was the priest doing as the cars left the station?
-issuing last rites
18. Where does the train stop?
-Vilnus, Lithuanian (the Lithuanian capital)
19. What song did the men and the people in the cars sings as the train was being split
apart?
-the Lithuanian national anthem
20. What does Miss Grybas start singing when she finds out that the Germans are in
Lithuania?
-Take Me Back To My Homeland
1.In the book,Between Shades of Gray,what piece of jewelry did Lina's father
give her when she saw him at the cattle car?
Answer:wedding ring Page:43
2.In the book,Between Shades of Gray,as their cattle cars were
being separated what song was being song by the men?
Answer:Lithuania Land of Heroes or national anthem Page:61
3.In the book,Between Shades of Gray,where was Trofimovsk in Siberia? Answer:top of the Artic Circle or near the North Pole Page:272
4.In the book,Between Shades of Gray,who killed the young mother Ona? Answer:the commander Page:101
5.In the book,Between Shades of Gray,after Lina's mother's death what items of clothing of her father's did Lina find in her mother;s suitcase
Answer:shirt and tie Page:320
Jamie Rule
1.In the book Between Shades of Gray, what does Leni’s last name, Vilkas, mean? p.68
Wolf
2. In the book Between Shades of Gray, what does Josef Stalin mean? p.141
Man of Steel
3. In the book Between Shades of Gray, where did Andrius hide Dombey and
Son? p.245
Under a loose floorboard beneath his bed
4. In the book Between Shades of Gray, to whom does Lina give the drawings that she made at Altai Labor Camp? p.244
Andrius
5. In the book Between Shades of Gray, to where did Mrs. Grybas believe the people on the list were being sent? p.247
America
6. In the book Between Shades of Gray, what does Lina call Janina before she knew the girl’s name? p.251-253
The girl with the dolly
7. In the book Between Shades of Gray, what happened to Liale, Janina’s doll? p.252
The soldiers threw her into the air and shot off her head
8. In the book Between Shades of Gray, why does Mr. Lukas wind his watch? p.282
It calms him
9. In the book Between Shades of Gray, why did the two Finns stay in Lina’s jurta for part of the second snowstorm? p.302
They were lost / they could not find their own jurta
10. In the book Between Shades of Gray, how old is Jonas when his mother dies? p.316
Eleven
11. In the book Between Shades of Gray, what does Lina believe the two possible outcomes of Siberia” are? p.319
Survival or death
12. In the book Between Shades of Gray, what stops the bald man from killing himself? p.323
Fear