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

2. When did Majer get sick?

3. How old were some of the girls who fashioned swastika patches where MInka worked?

4. Who was murdered while Aleks was being whipped?

5. What job did Minka's mother take after they moved to the Jewish town?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 Adam want when he comes bringing Sage lilies?

6. Who was Josef's first choice to ask to kill him?

7. In Section 7, why does Sage want to borrow the kitchen at the bakery?

8. What did Leo's mother dream?

9. Who were Aleksander's first victims?

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

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 2

Ania believed that Aleks was a scapegoat. In what ways was Aleks a scapegoat?

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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