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

3. What was the name of the young man that came to Riva's house in search of his family?

4. What did some children create in the ghetto?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Riva say was ironic, in Chapter 46?

2. What gift did Riva receive, in Chapter 35?

3. Why did Riva refuse to take her letters and poetry with her?

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

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

6. What amenities were eliminated?

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

8. What haunted Riva in her sleep?

9. What did Motele say about the remaining families in Chapter 22?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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."

Essay Topic 2

Examine how Riva was treated in comparison to others and conclude why she was given second chances on many occasions. Discuss how this impacted her emotionally.

Essay Topic 3

Examine why people harassed Harry and analyze why Riva's mother defended him.

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