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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 many Jews lived in the Jewish town where Minka and her family had to go?

2. How many people were rounded up from the Astoria the afternoon that Minka and Josek had their date?

3. Who was murdered while Aleks was being whipped?

4. The first time that Minka stole photographs from Kanada, how many did she steal?

5. When did Minka go to collect Darija to stand in line for rations, and she was gone?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Leo tell people who come up to him and Sage after the service at the Synagogue?

3. How did Minka die?

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

5. What does Sage do when she views her grandmother in the casket?

6. Why does Mary say it is important to forgive?

7. How did Minka get Christian papers?

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

9. What was Minka's life like before the ghetto?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On the surface, Sage and Josef don't seem to have anything in common. What draws the two of them together to become friends?

Essay Topic 2

Mary comes to be with Sage after the accident and takes her to her home. What type of relationship do Mary and Sage have?

Essay Topic 3

Adam treated death meticulously and with great care. How was the way the Germans treated death different from how Adam treated it?

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