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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 does this news cause Alicia to do?

2. What does Manka reveal to Alicia?

3. How were these people disguised?

4. How does Alicia escape the execution site?

5. What must she admit to the Ukrainians who find her hide out?

Short Essay Questions

1. For her loyalty and bravery, how is Alicia rewarded?

2. What adventures does Alicia have while traveling to Chernovtsy.

3. To make Benjamin feel better, what does Alicia tell him?

4. How does Alicia work to help Mrs. Taub's son?

5. Where does Benjamin wish to go?

6. How does Alicia take the news that Milek has died?

7. Why is Alicia so upset about this final transport?

8. After she finds Bella, what does Alicia decide to do with her life?

9. How does Alicia escape?

10. What is the very difficult practice that Alicia must endure to ensure food for not only her and her mother, but also the others living with the beekeeper?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

- Describe Alicia's relationship with her brothers.

- As they begin to be killed in the war, how does Alicia mourn them?

- How is she able move past the deaths of all of her brothers in order to survive?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Milek and Benjamin as a support network for Alicia.

How do both of these people work to support Alicia at some point of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Alicia is lucky to find Poles and Ukrainians who agree to keep her background and whereabouts a secret.

- Name 3 groups of people that are able to help Alicia without endangering themselves.

- Then detail how exactly people were able to able to help Alicia and/or her mother.

- How do you think they might have risked their lives by helping Alicia?

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