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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. While visiting friends, what happens to Alicia?

2. What did Jewish boys enjoy doing?

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

4. Why was a villager cast out by his peers when he had an epileptic fit?

5. What important event happens at the beginning of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did Alicia's employer cease to allow Alicia and her mother to work and stay under her roof?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

- What does Israel seem to symbolize for all of the Jews that have survived the war?

- According to Alicia, what other countries become important destinations for Jews?

- How does Alicia finally make it into Israel?

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

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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