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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was a villager cast out by his peers when he had an epileptic fit?
(a) They thought what he had was contagious.
(b) Everyone is actually very supportive of him.
(c) They thought he was a pervert.
(d) They thought he was posessed by demons.

2. Why is Alicia caught by the Gestapo?
(a) She is crying when they come to look for her.
(b) She is not caught.
(c) She runs outside to warn others that the Nazis are coming.
(d) Alicia chooses to stay out in the open with two babies and nurse them.

3. What was Bella's father's occupation?
(a) Banker.
(b) Jeweler.
(c) Financier.
(d) Furrier.

4. Where had Alicia's new friend, Bella, come from?
(a) Austria.
(b) Russia.
(c) The countryside.
(d) The city.

5. What must Jews now wear?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Specific clothing of a certain color.
(c) The Star of David.
(d) Any sort of jewerly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over time, what happens because of the occupation?

2. What does Alicia refuse to reveal to her mother?

3. Why does Alicia give up her radishes?

4. Where did Alicia and her family hide when the Nazis come to the ghetto in chapter 7?

5. What does Alicia often attempt to sell to make money?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alicia show her selflessness in this section?

2. As the winter comes, how do the Jews protect themselves from Nazi raids?

3. What causes Alicia to be picked up in a transport car?

4. How does Mrs Gold choose to help Alicia after she has already nursed her back to health?

5. Where does Alicia find herself as this section begins and why does she watch peasants as she tries to find her way back to her home town?

6. How is Zachary's death a way to warn Jews against mounting a resistance?

7. What was Alicia's first run-in with Antisemitism?

8. How does living in the ghetto cause many of the Jewish people to act towards one another.

9. Who help to nurse Alicia back to health after she escapes being sent on a death march?

10. What became the fate of Moshe, Alicia's brother?

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