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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alicia disguise herself as a worker?

2. What were the Jews proud of?

3. How does Alicia obtain food and winter clothes?

4. In case the Jurman family was separated, where did they agree to meet?

5. When Alicia is finally healthy enough to get home, what does she find?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did many of Alicia's brothers and male friends grow up doing?

2. 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?

3. When the Germans arrived in Poland, what has happened to the Russians and Poles?

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

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

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

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

8. What is the second way that Alicia proves she is selfless in this section?

9. How does Alicia find her way home after being caught in the transport car?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the following relationships to one another:

-Alicia and her mother

-Alicia and Bella

- Alicia and Sophie

Essay Topic 2

Detail the lives of the Jurman family prior to the start of the war?

- What was their family life like?

- What was their status in the community?

- How did the children interact with one another?

Essay Topic 3

Alicia shows an amazing amount of courage for a person of her age.

- Describe 4 times where Alicia defies odds to stay alive?

- What is it about Alicia and her outlook on life that forces her to overcome death?

- For each example, detail Alicia's motivation for survival.

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