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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 did Riva's mother plead for the landlady to leave?

2. What was Riva's family's landlady's grandson accused of being?

3. How many children did Riva's mother have?

4. What was the name of the grandson of Riva's family's landlady?

5. Where did Riva spend her childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened as the Jewish Passover began, in Chapter 15?

2. What did a guard say about Riva's poem?

3. What happened to Riva's hand?

4. What did Motele tell Riva after they were crammed into the cattle cars?

5. What did Riva say of the Holocaust happening again, in Chapter 48?

6. Why were two sisters beaten, according to Chapter 34?

7. Who were the police looking for, in Chapter 13?

8. Why were the Nazi guards agitated on May 5?

9. What did Riva say happened at the end of the journey?

10. What did Liabele tell Riva about the poems they learned as children, according to Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the significance of the Passover, and discuss the traditions celebrated by Riva's family during Passover.

Essay Topic 2

Define and analyze Sender's use of tone in The Cage and why Sender established the tone early in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Sender's use of foreshadowing in The Cage.

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