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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. Where does one many say he heard the Jews were being resettled to?

2. What ritual feast does Hannah and her family celebrate?

3. What town do Hannah and Shmuel discuss?

4. What is taken from the villagers by the Nazi soldiers?

5. What is Hannah startled by having to eat at breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hannah think about the badchan?

2. Who is Yitzchak and what is his role in Chapter 5?

3. Discuss the daydream Hannah believes she is having in Chapter 12.

4. What are Hannah's thoughts about her Aunt Eva?

5. Discuss Hannah's thoughts on the breakfast she has in Chapter 5.

6. What is a badchan?

7. Discuss the disturbance that occurs at the party in Viosk.

8. What happens when Hannah is unable to sleep?

9. Describe the place that the villagers are taken to by the Nazis.

10. What game is played at Seder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe the relationship between the Jews and the Commandant. Why is this relationship important to understand? How does this relationship impact the novel?

Essay Topic 2

The history of the Holocaust is displayed throughout the novel. What type of history does the novel give about the Holocaust and what are the effects of this?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of heritage in the novel, and the role it plays in the overall story.

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