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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 question did Nancy ask her mother?

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

3. How many were released by mistake from the prison camp?

4. Where did the young man that came to Riva's house in search of his family stay?

5. What language did the landlady speak besides Polish?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Riva say would have been easy, according to Chapter 30?

2. Why were the bombs "music," according to Doctor Ginzburg?

3. Why did Nacha refuse to hide when the Germans came to the door?

4. What point did Riva make about a one-handed person?

5. What amenities were eliminated?

6. What did Riva's brothers do for her?

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

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

9. Who took Riva to a doctor and what was the diagnosis, according to Chapter 8?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Sender's use of foreshadowing in The Cage.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the doctor stating that Riva was important for morale of the camp and how the Nazis tried to keep resistance to a minimum.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the use and purpose of Nazi propaganda and conclude whether the intended purpose was achieved.

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