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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 do for a living?

2. What separated Riva and her cousin?

3. What did Riva agree on in order to adopt her brothers?

4. What was Riva's job in the ghetto?

5. What did the marchers described in Chapter 5 demand of the leaders of the ghetto?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Riva's family living, according to Chapter 5?

2. What did Riva receive special permission for?

3. What did David Berkenwald do for Riva, in Chapter 18?

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

5. What haunted Riva in her sleep?

6. What did the neighbors plan to do, according to Chapter 23?

7. What did Motele return home with and why was Riva worried?

8. What happened to Riva's hand?

9. Why was Riva at her lowest point of despair?

10. What did the Nazi guards tell the girls, after forcing them from the barracks, in Chapter 45?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the purpose of the music playing at Auschwitz upon their arrival.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role of the Volksdeutsche in Germany and other countries and why this group pledged their devotion to the fatherland.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the types of punishment used in the concentration and labor camps during the Holocaust and the purpose of the punishments. Analyze whether the punishment fit the "crime."

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