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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Leo do after Minka told her story and Sage sat with her as she went to sleep?
(a) Finish his notes.
(b) Read a magazine.
(c) Clean the kitchen.
(d) Make phone calls.

2. What type of flowers does Adam send Sage?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Daffodils.
(c) Roses.
(d) Lilies.

3. Where does Sage wait while Daisy gets Minka ready for bed?
(a) Living room.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Guest room.
(d) Minka's bedroom.

4. What pattern is on the sheets on Josef's bed at home?
(a) Stripes.
(b) Circles.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Violets.

5. When did Minka go to collect Darija to stand in line for rations, and she was gone?
(a) July 1944.
(b) September 1944.
(c) August 1944.
(d) June 1944.

6. Where did Josef meet Sage's mother?
(a) Synagogue.
(b) Library.
(c) Bakery.
(d) High school.

7. What did Josef say his brother did during the war?
(a) Chef.
(b) Commander.
(c) Factory supervisor.
(d) Accountant.

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

9. How old was Sage when her grandmother had cancer?
(a) 5 or 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3 or 4.

10. Who calls Sage the morning after she heard her grandmother's story?
(a) Leo.
(b) Mary.
(c) Adam.
(d) Her grandmother.

11. How many other couples lived in the apartment that Basia and Rubin shared?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

12. What is Minka wearing in the casket?
(a) White blouse and pleated skirt.
(b) Silk dress.
(c) Wool skirt and silk blouse.
(d) Taffeta dress.

13. What did the villagers throw on Alek's wounds when he was beaten?
(a) Vinegar and salt.
(b) Small pebbles.
(c) Cheap wine.
(d) Tar.

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

15. How old was the child of a new woman who was from Random, who gave her child to her elderly mother?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take Aleks to coax a bird to his window ledge?

2. How much time were Minka's family allowed to leave their home?

3. Now that Leo and Sage are dating, what does he ask for when they order coffee?

4. What kind of cancer did Minka survive?

5. What clothing did Franz give Minka the second day she worked in his office?

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