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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 on their outing, why are they arrested by two Russian officers?

2. Why does Alicia go to work for this person?

3. Why doesn't Alicia take the opportunity to go to America that she is offered?

4. What takes Alicia to a United Nations Hospital?

5. In May, what does Alicia have no difficulty finding?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have the Ukrainians made life for the Jews and Poles very difficult.

2. What does Tzivia do with the Brecha?

3. What is different about Mrs. Taub's six year old son?

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

5. Why do Alicia and Peppa travel to Breslau?

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

7. Why did the Ukrainians have such hate for many Polish people?

8. How is mother killed?

9. How does Alicia's tooth ache lead Alicia to reconnect with family?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many times throughout the book, Alicia exhibits her own selflessness.

- Give three examples of how Alicia puts others before herself.

- In each of these situations, how does Alicia but someone else's life before hers?

- How or why is she able to be so selfless?

Essay Topic 2

- 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 3

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?

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