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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Benjamin wish to live now that the war is over?

2. What must she admit to the Ukrainians who find her hide out?

3. How are they eventually released?

4. How was Benjamin injured?

5. How old is Benjamin when he and Alicia begin to visit one another?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Alicia so upset about this final transport?

2. In this section, what does it seem like many of the Poles want?

3. While hanging out with her new friends, what happens to Alicia?

4. Where does Benjamin wish to go?

5. What does Tzivia do with the Brecha?

6. What two new relationships does Alicia develop with people?

7. Why did the Ukrainians have such hate for many Polish people?

8. What hopeful news about the resistance does Alicia hear?

9. What is different about Mrs. Taub's six year old son?

10. How does Alicia take the news that Milek has died?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alicia and her mother outlive all of the men in their family. How do they figure out a way to overcome the loss of all of the Jurman males?

How does Alicia work to keep the memories of her father and her brothers alive?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the following relationships to one another:

-Alicia and her mother

-Alicia and Bella

- Alicia and Sophie

Essay Topic 3

Alicia is forced to spend much of her early adolescence and teenage years running from the Nazis and protecting her family. Had she not been forced to endure this kind of life, how would Alicia spent most of her time as a young Jewish girl and woman in Poland?

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