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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 old was Sage when her grandmother had cancer?

2. What is unusual about Rocco's speech?

3. Where did Minka and her husband meet?

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

5. What are in the black boots that Minka's father gives her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Leo's mother dream?

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

3. How did Minka get Christian papers?

4. When Sage stops in the bakery after talking with Josef in Section 7, why is it busier than usual?

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

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

7. How did Minka die?

8. Why did Josef have to go to the hospital?

9. What happened while the soldiers were whipping Aleks?

10. How did Minka remove an infected tooth from Darija's mouth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ruben stole a loaf of bread. What were the risks associated with stealing and why did Ruben take the risk?

Essay Topic 2

Sage cannot understand how Josef has lived as a normal person after all he has done. Does Josef believe he is a normal person? Has he successfully lived as one?

Essay Topic 3

In a way both Aleks and Casimir had lost their humanity. How much of his humanity did Aleks still retain?

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