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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Piri hear from her parents?
(a) A messenger brought a letter.
(b) Her grandfather got a messenger by passenger pigeon.
(c) Her father showed up in Komjaty.
(d) Her grandmother got a telegram from her mother.

2. Why was Piri cut off from her family at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) They had to flee without her.
(b) Trains to Beregszasz stopped running.
(c) She crossed the border into Ukraine.
(d) She fled to America.

3. What had Babi done to help Mother make this attempt?
(a) Called some officials she knew.
(b) Withdrawn her savings.
(c) Sold some land.
(d) Told her who could forge papers.

4. How does Piri characterize her mother's state of mind on returning home in Chapter 8?
(a) Distress.
(b) Relief.
(c) Contentment.
(d) Jubilation.

5. What did Piri know about the political situation in 1939?
(a) She followed the papers, and tried to understand everything she could.
(b) She read a story about Jews being rounded up, but didn't understand the big picture.
(c) She was too young to know anything about the political situation.
(d) She read histories and talked to people who had traveled, to see what they could tell her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Babi distrust the Hungarians?

2. Where did Rozsi walk with Piri?

3. What did Farenc reveal to Piri?

4. What did Babi ask the girls to do in anticipation of Piri's parents coming?

5. How does Piri say she was greeted in Beregszasz?

(see the answer key)

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