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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7: My First Escape; My Brother Bunio, Guralis and Radishes, The First.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Alicia visit, asking about God and fate?
(a) Her great aunt.
(b) The ghetto's oldest living resident.
(c) Her best friend's father.
(d) The Jewish leader of the community.

2. What important event happens at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) The Jews flee Poland.
(b) Almost all Jews are sent to camps.
(c) All the Jews were moved in a ghetto.
(d) The Jews are forced to hide in bunkers everyday.

3. Why do the Germans soon arrive in Alicia's town?
(a) They are breaking the treaty with the Russians.
(b) The agreement with the Russians has ended.
(c) They want to assist the Ukrainians in getting back at the Poles.
(d) They want to take over Poland.

4. Where were boys encouraged to go by Russians?
(a) To go to the Ukraine.
(b) Stay at home with their families.
(c) To join the Russian army.
(d) To school in Moscow.

5. Why does Alicia give up her radishes?
(a) She trades them for more clothes.
(b) She becomes sick.
(c) She decides to give it to starving children.
(d) She knows her mother needs to eat more of the radishes than her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language were children now forced to speak?

2. Where were people who committed unnamed crimes sent?

3. After the Nazis leave Alicia's village in Chapter 7, what has happened in the ghetto?

4. During her early years, what didn't Alicia experience?

5. What is the name of the town in which Alicia grows up?

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