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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 happens to the women when they head for the midden to escape?

2. What year was the concentration camp Gitl was in liberated?

3. When Hannah looks behind her in Chapter 19, what does she see?

4. Who gives Hannah a metal bowl for food, washing and drinking?

5. Who finished out the war fighting with the partisans in the forest against the Germans?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are the women and children taken first at the camp and why?

2. What does Rivka inform the women about their identification numbers?

3. What does the author discuss in the section "What is True About This Book"?

4. What does Hannah suddenly remember about the Jews?

5. Who is described as the 'sorrowful' boy?

6. What happens to Gitl and Yitchak after the war?

7. Discuss the person in charge of the women and children.

8. Discuss the journey of the train that the villagers go on to the camp.

9. What do Hannah and Eva discuss in Chapter 19?

10. What happens to Tzipporah in Chapter 13?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss setting. What is the role/importance of setting in the novel and how it is displayed?

Essay Topic 2

The celebration of Passover and Seder are shown in the novel. How are the Jewish holidays shown in the novel? What impact does this have on the novel? Why are they discussed?

Essay Topic 3

Heroism is shown when Chaya takes Rivka's place when Rivka is chosen to die while at the concentration camp. Discuss the idea of heroism and the way it is used in the novel

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