Cilka's Journey Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why does someone want Alexandr dead? (from Chapter 30 – Additional Information)

Other prisoners were jealous of his administrative job.

Camp officers found him smuggling information.

Boris found out Cilka fancied him.

Doctors found him stealing medication.

2.

The personification “The wind whips [the spring flowers] around and still their stalks bounce back” (236) represents what for Cilka? (from Chapters 20 - 29)

Spring has nearly arrived, and she will be able to spend more outside time.

Her ability to triumph over difficult conditions.

Her remembrance of spring in Czechoslovakia.

Her realization that many springs have passed without her noticing.

3.

What is the event that genuinely scares Cilka? (from Chapters 5 - 12)

Watching patients die in the hospital.

Boris taking her to the men’s part of camp.

Her hut-mates' disappearances.

The loss of friendship when Josie refuses to speak with her.

4.

Why does the woman who just gave birth not even want to name her baby? (from Chapters 13 - 19)

She does not want to be a mother.

This is her third child, and she wants no part in the naming.

She hates the man who impregnated her.

She knows the baby will be given to an orphanage in two years time.

5.

How does Yelena act like a deus ex machina? (from Chapter 30 – Additional Information)

She arranges to take Cilka with her to her new hospital position.

She operates on Alexandr and saves his life.

She alters Alexandr’s existence so he will not be detected.

She cashes in a favor with her superiors to have Alexandr released.

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