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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. How does the wedding party get to the wedding destination?

2. What holiday does Hannah and her family celebrate?

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

4. Who is hired to make up rhymes, sing songs and tell fortunes?

5. What does Hannah complain that all Jewish holidays are about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Hannah think about the badchan?

3. What happens to Hannah when the villagers climb into the Nazis trucks?

4. Where is the second night of Seder?

5. Discuss the party in Viosk.

6. What holiday does Hannah celebrate at the beginning of the novel?

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

8. What is Aaron's role in the ceremony of Seder?

9. What happens when Hannah is unable to sleep?

10. What behavior does Grandpa Will exhibit at Seder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss and describe the relationship between Shmuel and Faygne and the role it plays in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the relationship between Hannah and Eva with that of Chaya and Rivka.

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