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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. In what year does Alicia hear that the Germans might be invading Poland?

2. While looking for her family, what does she find?

3. Because of what happens to his sister, what does Zach wish to do?

4. Why did the family go without food for periods of time?

5. What were the Jews proud of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alicia finally find her way back to her hometown and what does she find when she arrives?

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

3. How does Alicia try to help herself, her mother, and others?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does meeting Bella's family help Alicia make it through through this section of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alicia is forced to spend much of her early adolescence and teenage years running from the Nazis and protecting her family. Had she not been forced to endure this kind of life, how would Alicia spent most of her time as a young Jewish girl and woman in Poland?

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

After the war, why does Alicia strive to gain education?

Does she think that it will better her life to be educated?

Is going to school allowing her to catch up on a life she missed out on?

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