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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. What had Mother failed to do when she came home at the beginning of Chapter 8?

2. What does Piri compare to her life in Komjaty?

3. What political alliance took place at the end of Chapter 9?

4. What did Lilli tell Piri?

5. What did Piri tell Farenc during the visit in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Piri's return to Beregszasz.

2. What did Father expect to happen after his battalion passed through Beregszasz?

3. Why did Farenc agree to help Piri and her family?

4. Describe Piri's relationship with Farenc.

5. Describe Piri's parents' visit to Komjaty.

6. What news did Piri get from Lilli?

7. How did Beregszasz change for Piri's family?

8. What were the children doing when Piri entered fifth grade?

9. What political event ends Chapter 8?

10. What was strange to Piri about Babi's distrust?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Two characters, Lujza and Dr. Feher, commit suicide rather than face the horrific nature of the times. What separates the characters who endure and the characters who fold? How does Siegal address this difference? Using examples from the text, describe the difference between survivors and the people who killed themselves.

Essay Topic 2

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 3

Write an evaluative review of 'Upon the Head of a Goat'. What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

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