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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sophie want Alicia to give up?
(a) Her work with the orphans.
(b) Her dreams of moving to America.
(c) Her work with the Brecha.
(d) Her dreams of moving to Israel.

2. Where does Alicia end up after leaving her home village?
(a) Kharkiv.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Dnipropetrovsk.
(d) Chortkov.

3. How are they eventually released?
(a) Because the prison is liberated.
(b) They bribe the Ukrainian officials into releasing them.
(c) A Ukrainian organization takes up their cause and gets them released.
(d) Bronia's brother collects 40,000 rubles for their release.

4. What does Alicia realize when she arrives at her father's factory?
(a) She wants the factory to remain in her family.
(b) She must reclaim the factory to feel whole again.
(c) Reclaiming the factory will not bring him back.
(d) The factory is much more prosperous than she thought.

5. Once back at Buczacz, why don't Jews speak to each other?
(a) They want to forget the war happened.
(b) They could not openly share their grief or they felt guilt about surviving.
(c) They are overcome with grief.
(d) They are scared to gather together.

6. Who else does Alicia try to send a gift to?
(a) Only Manka.
(b) Manka and her family.
(c) Mikel's family.
(d) Danny and Bella.

7. How were these people disguised?
(a) As young children.
(b) As women.
(c) As sailors.
(d) As salesmen.

8. How did Benjamin's best friend die?
(a) Killed in a Russian prison.
(b) Killed in a concentration camp.
(c) His friend is killed by the land mine.
(d) He is killed by a Nazi bullet.

9. What rumors began to circulate around Poland in March?
(a) The Germans are being beaten by the Americans.
(b) Soon the Germans will just let Jews go to Israel.
(c) That the Germans are being defeated by the Russians.
(d) The Germans are winning the war.

10. As she walks around the resort, what does she realize?
(a) She will not have to struggle for food.
(b) She wants to spend time getting to know her roomates.
(c) She would like to meet a man to spend her life with.
(d) She is confused about what she should do for the rest of her life.

11. What type of relationship do Sophie and Alicia have?
(a) A close friendship.
(b) A mother-daughter type relationship.
(c) Sophie is like an aunt to Alicia.
(d) A sisterly relationship.

12. What does Alicia believe of her father?
(a) He was a loving father.
(b) He should have fought harder to stay with her and her family.
(c) Had he lived, her mother would have survived.
(d) He was a strong, proud, successful Jewish man.

13. What must she admit to the Ukrainians who find her hide out?
(a) She is hiding other Jews.
(b) She has stolen a lot of food from them.
(c) She is not Ukrainian.
(d) She is Jewish.

14. Where is Alicia sent to recuperate?
(a) A resort in the Swiss Alps.
(b) The hot climate of Spain.
(c) A beach village in Southern France.
(d) A resort in the Austrian Alps.

15. What have some of the Jewish men created in Poland?
(a) Their own army.
(b) Resistance forces.
(c) A way to get to Israel without getting caught.
(d) Their own town for the Jews to hide in.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alicia reward Wujciu for his kindness and putting his life at risk?

2. Why did Bella's friend help Alicia with this task?

3. In May, what does Alicia have no difficulty finding?

4. After finding Bella and her son Danny, what does Alicia begin doing?

5. What does the group promise her in return for her service?

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