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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. What village is Alicia able to find work in during the winter?

2. Why doesn't Alicia accept the invitation to go to the mountains?

3. During this time, how did Alicia and her mother find food to eat?

4. Why wasn't Alicia's section of Poland invaded sooner?

5. What was Buczacz perfect for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In a twist of fate, how does Alicia become reconnected to her mother?

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

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

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

6. How did Bella escape from the farmers that kidnapped her family?

7. 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?

8. How did life change once the Russians took over control of Poland?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the ghettos that Alicia was constantly forced to live in.

How did these ghettos work to separate the Jewish Poles from other Poles?

Essay Topic 2

Alicia and her mother outlive all of the men in their family. How do they figure out a way to overcome the loss of all of the Jurman males?

How does Alicia work to keep the memories of her father and her brothers alive?

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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