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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 month did Minka and her family have to begin wearing yellow stars?

2. What language did the candy striper who wheels Josef to Sage's car take in high school?

3. What does Sage wear to conceal the wire?

4. How long did Sage go without speaking just to see if she could?

5. What kind of cancer did Minka survive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leo think his mother would and would not like about Sage?

2. How did Minka and the other women of Auschwitz feel when they saw a bride arrive on a transport?

3. Who were Aleksander's first victims?

4. Why did an autograph album make Darija cry while she was working in Kanada?

5. What does Leo notice about the way Sage acts around her sisters?

6. Why did Minka begin to look forward to working for Franz?

7. Why didn't Minka mind living in the ghetto at first?

8. What does Adam want when he comes bringing Sage lilies?

9. How did Minka die?

10. How did Aleks happen to kill Ania's father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leo is a lawyer. Why did Leo give up a high-powered career to work in office of Human Rights and Special Prosecutions?

Essay Topic 2

Minka's life change drastically when her family moved to the ghetto. What was the biggest adjustment that Minka had to make and why?

Essay Topic 3

Franz helped Minka several times. Why do you think Franz helped Minka? Was the beating he gave her a change of heart or an attempt to help her?

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