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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sage have for dessert when she is supposed to be sitting "shivah" for her grandmother?
(a) Chocolate ice cream and lemon meringue pie.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Brownies.
(d) French silk pie and pudding.

2. What punishment did the whole block suffer because a new girl turned left instead of right?
(a) 30 minutes standing in the rain.
(b) 1 hours of squats.
(c) 2 hours of calisthenics.
(d) 3 hours standing in the rain.

3. What time do Sage and Leo pull into Westerbrook after leaving her grandmother?
(a) 11 p.m.
(b) 9:30 p.m.
(c) 10:30 p.m.
(d) 10 p.m.

4. When would Minka read her story to Franz?
(a) Lunch time.
(b) Dinner time.
(c) Right before she returned to her barracks.
(d) First thing in the morning.

5. What did Minka's father want served to drink at his funeral?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Tea.
(c) Beer.
(d) Wine.

6. How long was Minka's hair when she met her husband?
(a) Shoulder length.
(b) 1 inch.
(c) Chin length.
(d) 2 inches.

7. How many Jews lived in the Jewish town where Minka and her family had to go?
(a) 120,000.
(b) 55,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 160,000.

8. What did Ania bake to take to Aleks in prison?
(a) Turnovers.
(b) Croissants.
(c) Rolls.
(d) Beignets.

9. How many photographs did it take for Minka to write her story?
(a) About two hundred.
(b) Over one hundred.
(c) 112.
(d) 89.

10. How long was the exam to get into "Gynmasium"?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 8 hours.

11. When Franz gives Minka the leather journal and pen, how many pages does he want her to write by the next day?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

12. When was Aleks punished everyday after he killed Damian?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Noon.

13. What color hair does the girl have who serves Leo and Sage at the cafe in Westerbrook?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Pink.
(d) Purple.

14. Who wrote "The Lorelei"?
(a) Aimee Bender.
(b) Roger Kahn.
(c) Heinrich Heine.
(d) Abdeel Barwald.

15. When Minka arrived at Auschwitz, how tall were the bunks in the hut where she was sent?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Leo do after Minka told her story and Sage sat with her as she went to sleep?

2. What did the villagers throw on Alek's wounds when he was beaten?

3. Where do Josek and his family go after the SS raid at the Astoria?

4. How many hours did Darija and Minka have to hold up Agnat in line, even though the girl was dead?

5. How many survivor meetings did Minka attend when she first got to America?

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