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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 would Alicia gather heat for her family?

2. Where does Alicia end up at the end of the chapter?

3. What does Alicia begin to call the beekeeper?

4. Why does Alicia give up her radishes?

5. What was Buczacz perfect for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Hebrew when The Russians took over Poland?

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

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

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

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

7. Why do so many people decide to stay away from the beekeeper?

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

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

10. Where do Alicia and her siblings go everyday to try to make money?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Inaction caused many people to die in World War II. For instance, so many Poles did nothing while their neighbors died. What is worse, doing nothing and saving no one or acting to save someone and failing. Does any character in the book, besides Alicia, risk everything to help save other Jews?

Essay Topic 3

What does the Star of David symbolize to the Jewish community?

After the war, what did the Star of David symbolize?

Did the meaning of this religious artifact change because of the Nazis' use of it?

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