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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Alicia decide to hide the money she is giving Wujciu?
(a) She wants him to hide it from others while he travels.
(b) She thinks he will ask for more.
(c) She knows he will not accept her money.
(d) She hopes that he will not spend it all.

2. What does the group promise her in return for her service?
(a) She will make a lot of money.
(b) They will transport her to Israel.
(c) They will get her papers for travel to America.
(d) They would take care of the orphans and transport them Israel.

3. What does this person confirm for her?
(a) That the war is over.
(b) Her father's death.
(c) Her brother's death.
(d) That she will need to go back to Buczacz.

4. In May, what does Alicia have no difficulty finding?
(a) Other Jews that survived.
(b) Being a servant in the house of rich people.
(c) Family members that survived.
(d) Work on farms.

5. How does Kola's family reward Alicia for rescuing the Russians?
(a) Money.
(b) Gifts and money.
(c) Transportation, gifts, and money.
(d) Transportation.

6. Why did Alicia decide to go visit Benjamin?
(a) Benjamin lost his leg and needs his spirits lifted.
(b) She wants to help him with his work for Jewish orphans.
(c) She hears of the young boy's angst over the loss of his fiance.
(d) He lost his family, so he is very sad.

7. What causes Alicia to become reunited with her mother's cousin?
(a) A bad cold.
(b) A broken ankle.
(c) A bout of dysentery.
(d) A toothache.

8. How does Bella's friend help Alicia?
(a) They search for all of her family's graves.
(b) Create a school for children.
(c) Bella's friend helps Alicia to find her mother's grave.
(d) Get Alicia a job.

9. How does Alicia escape the execution site?
(a) Milek resuces her again.
(b) She hides in a river bank.
(c) She runs to the river and hides in a hollow tree.
(d) She runs back to her hometown village.

10. In Chernovtsy, who does Alicia reunite with?
(a) Dora.
(b) Bella.
(c) Manka.
(d) Rachel.

11. How does Alicia get the young Ukrainians to leave her hide out?
(a) She threatens to kill them all.
(b) She threatens to curse them.
(c) She swears that there are no Jews living in her house.
(d) She promises to work for them for free.

12. On what becomes her final transport, who does Alicia have trouble moving?
(a) Four German Jewish business men.
(b) Three Russian Jewish army officers.
(c) Two pregnant Jewish women.
(d) Five young children.

13. Where does Benjamin wish to live now that the war is over?
(a) Israel seems like a good idea.
(b) He hopes to go to Spain.
(c) He wants to go to America.
(d) He wants to move to Palestine.

14. Who does Alicia "adopt" and spend a large amount of time with?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Danny, Bella's son.
(d) Milek.

15. What does Manka's father welcome Alicia to do?
(a) He does not welcome her.
(b) She could come by the house to get food for her and her mother.
(c) Stay at his home, but Alicia's mother cannot stay.
(d) Take clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Alicia sent to recuperate?

2. How did Benjamin's best friend die?

3. While going to Ukrainian villages, who does Alicia find and what does he tell her about?

4. What does Alicia believe of her father?

5. Why is Alicia completely devastated at the end of Chapter 18?

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