Between the Shades of Gray

who narrates this story

lina

what signs did the narrator miss showing that her parents were planning to flee lithuania

papa didn't come home

her mom sewed jewelry into her clothes

burned family pictures

who was the nkvd

soviet secret police

did lina and jonas understand what was happening as they packed

no they didn't know what to pack, shocked, jonas put on his school clothes

why did mother smash the good china and crystal

it was going to be soviet property once they left the house, she didn't want to leave anything valuable for them

how did lina distract the nkvd guards while her mother put on the coat she had sewn valuables into

she said she had to go to the bathroom

why did the truck stop at the hospital

to pick up ona who had just given birth and her baby

what was lina's view on the annexation of lithuania to russia

she thought it wasn't fair, they shouldn't have let it happen, they should fight back

how did the prisoners on the truck begin to help each other

they made a splint for the old man, took care of ona and her baby

where did the truck finally stop

a trainstation

was lina's father with them at the train station

no

what was jonas' worth that morning at the train station

a pocketwatch

what kind of train car was the family forced into

one for cattle/livestock

who was mrs grybas

a teacher

why would lina's father have been targeted for arrest

he worked at the university

what country does the novel take place in

lithuania, moving to siberia

what did 46 people packed into the cattle car use as a rest room

a hole in the floor

who is andrius

17 year old boy in the cattle car with lina

what do andrius, jonas, and lina sneak off the train car to do

try to find their fathers in the other cars

lina and jonas find their father who tells them the train is heading where

siberia

what did the children's papa give to them

ham, his wedding ring, coats/clothes

what secret does andrius have about his father

his father is an officer

according to lina's mother why is stalin arresting people

he has a plan, he wants lithuania for the soviet union

who is munch

artist, lina's favorite painter

how did lina believe her father could find her

by her drawings, he would recognize her work

when lina woke up in the middle of the night, who did she find hiding under the rail car and how did they get him back into the car

andrius, lina got down and pushed him up from below, gray haired man and other helped pull him up into the car

the next morning why had the door to the car been closed and locked

the train was about to start moving

what was the label on the train cars the lituanian people were riding in

theives and prostitutes

what is lina's talent

art

what show of unity was given as the russians were dividing the train into healthy adult men and others

they all sang the lithuanian anthem

how are ona and her baby

not well, ona is dehydrated, the baby won't eat

what hope does mother offer lina

when the rest of the world finds out what the soviets are doing, they will put an end to this

what is lina's plan to get a message to her father

draw pictures on her handkerchief, pass it from person to person

what news did mother get by yelling back and forth to people on a passing train

the germans were in lithuania

what happens to ona's baby

she dies

how is the bald man characterized

rude, pessimistic, intelligent

no compassion for ona's baby

thinks negatively about not being sold

want to die

jumped off the truck

why did the people in the train car keep ona's dead baby

they didn't want it to get thrown out with the other dead bodies

what do andrius and jonas use the dickens novel for

to smoke

what does mother do to raise people's spirits

buys them treats from a vendor, candy, coffee, pastries, gumdrops

what does lina send her first message on

her handkerchief

why were the prisoners let off the train

to be sold

how did lina's group behave so they would not be sold

helpless, andrius was slow, ona was crying

do all members of the group agree they should try to avoid being sold

no bald man thinks if they don't get sold they will be shot

where is the group taken when they were not sold

a bathhouse

what happens to ona

officer shoots her in the head, she keeps shouting no, hard to deal with

what are the living conditions like in the farming village they are taken to

huts are tiny- no bathroom, stove, or beds

not much they are allowed to eat- food is rationed based on work, bread only

what 2 crops were grown on the farm

beets and potatoes

who demanded to see lina's mother

nkvd commander

what did the commander want from lina's mother

to be a spy for them

what do they offer mother in return for being a spy

special treatment- more food, better shelter

how does ulyushka treat lina's family

isn't happy they're there, throws lina out by her hair, yells at them, charges rent, selfish with her food

what were the prisoners divided up for at the farm

for the different work they will do

what are they given to dig with

shovels with no handles

what were the women digging

holes/their graves

what was jonas' work assignment

making shoes

what did mrs grybas give mother that could have gotten her into serious trouble

beets she took from the field

what treat did andrius give lina

cigarettes

why were the prisoners called to commander komorov's office

he wants them to sign a paper that says they are criminals, they will stay for 25 years, and they will pay them rubles

do the prisoners agree to sign the document

no

why was a dead man's body on display outside the commander's office

he had tried to send a letter with a sketch, nkvd found it

what did the commander do when he showed up at lina's work detail

made the women get into the hole, started to bury them alive, he was trying to scare them into signing the document

when lina follows her mother she finds out what secret about andrius and his mother

they're working for the nkvd

the women's work details change to what

farming beets

why do andrius and lina argue

lina thinks andrius and his mom are spies

what is implied is happening between lina and andrius

they like each other

what special privilege did people who signed the document get

they could go to the small village/town

what did mother bribe the grouchy old woman with so she would help with the mail

pieces of silverware

a guard came to the fields looking for someone with what skill

drawing

who offered their talents to help the officer

lina

what 2 things did lina have to draw

map and photo of a man

what was lina paid for her drawing the first time

cigarettes

what is wrong with andrius' mother when lina sees her

she is crying, she has a big bruise on her face

what did lina steal from the officers

a pen

what did the grouchy old woman bring back from the village for lina's family

coats and boots

what effect did the sparse news about lithuania have on the prisoners

they were hopeful because hitler had pushed stalin out of lithuania

were all children allowed to attend school that lina's mother taught at

no only the children who had signed the document

who gets a letter first

mrs rimas

what was the hidden message in the letter

they were suffering too, near death, hungry, hidden in a bible verse

what illness does jonas get

scurvy

what does andrius bring jonas to help him get better

tomatoes

how do the prisoners celebrate christmas

get together and reminisce about past christmases

what do andrius and his mother bring to christmas

vodka and chocolate

who was the empty place at the table for on christmas eve

family who couldn't be there

the nkvd broke in to the shack for what reason on christmas eve

to get them to sign

what do lina and jonas give andrius for christmas

his portrait, the stone

why is the nkvd coming for lina

they need someone to draw the commander

what does lina want in return for her drawing of the commander

their own shack, a goose down blanket

what did lina want to put in her drawing of the commander but could not

snakes coming out of his head

once finished with the commander's portrait, what did lina steal

her family's file

what was lina paid for her drawing of the commander

bread, potatoes, cans, trash

how was their payment delivered after lina drew the commander

thrown by drunk guards

why can't lina read the file

its written in russian

do andrius and lina find anything useful in the file

papa is in krasnoyarsk prison