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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 35 through 70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bubi manage to return from Budapest after the story breaks in the papers?
(a) Bubi returns on his own.
(b) Another father from the town helps Bubi.
(c) Bubi doesn't return.
(d) Bubi's father gets him.

2. How does Laura demonstrate affection?
(a) Laura is not demonstrative with affection.
(b) Laura gives lots of hugs and kisses.
(c) Laura reads stories at night.
(d) Laura writes her children notes.

3. Why does Elli believe her mother slights her?
(a) Elli is not like Laura.
(b) Elli doesn't like Bubi.
(c) Elli is not pretty.
(d) Elli is too much like her father.

4. Under what conditions does Elli leave her school?
(a) With little notice.
(b) With a graduation party.
(c) With her classmates crying.
(d) With taunts referring to her Jewish background.

5. What is the setting as the story opens?
(a) Elli's school in 1945.
(b) The past, in the ghetto.
(c) Nagymagyar.
(d) The town of Somorja in 1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Serena do with dishes before leaving on May 2?

2. On what does Elli's poetry focus?

3. When Elli and Laura arrive at the waiting cart for Nagymagar, why are the soldiers angry?

4. Where does Elli finally place her poetry journal before leaving for the work camps?

5. What is the penalty for Christians who socialize with Jews?

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