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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Molcha?
(a) A classmate of Piri's.
(b) Piri's teacher.
(c) A Hungarian soldier.
(d) Piri's cousin.

2. Where did Mother take the woman?
(a) Mrs. Gerber's house.
(b) Mrs. Silverman's house.
(c) To the country.
(d) To the police.

3. How did Piri's family celebrate Hanukkah?
(a) They didn't observer Hanukkah.
(b) They observed it in detail, for the sake of the absent men.
(c) They prayed fervently for a similar miracle.
(d) They lit some candles then gave up.

4. What did Piri expect her future to look like?
(a) She thought she would work in a factory.
(b) She thought she would join the military.
(c) She thought she would have to flee.
(d) She thought she would have to marry an officer.

5. Why was the narrator sent to Komjaty?
(a) To spend time with her grandmother.
(b) To fight the Nazis.
(c) To flee the Nazis.
(d) To find her parents.

6. What did Piri anticipate when this visitor came to the farm?
(a) Helping her parents move to Komjaty.
(b) Leaving for America.
(c) Returning to Beregszasz herself.
(d) Taking care of her sister.

7. How was Piri soothed after she saw frightening things?
(a) She went horseback riding.
(b) She was sent to Komjaty.
(c) She went to sleep.
(d) Her grandmother made her a snack.

8. What festivities did Babi prepare for, in spite of the fact that family wouldn't be able to gather?
(a) Hannukah.
(b) Passover.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Rosh Hashanah.

9. How did Beregszasz change for Piri's family?
(a) They were harassed constantly.
(b) They had to move out of their house.
(c) They were not allowed into certain districts.
(d) They had to keep a low profile as Jews.

10. Who comes to the farm a few weeks after Piri's new sister is born?
(a) Father.
(b) Mother.
(c) Farenc.
(d) Rozsi.

11. What happened when Farenc and reaction saw each other the first time?
(a) He kidnapped her.
(b) Love at first sight.
(c) She gave him food.
(d) She mistook him for her boyfriend.

12. Where were Piri and Iboya when they were nearly attacked?
(a) By the synagogue.
(b) In the town center.
(c) In the yard.
(d) In school.

13. What did Babi ask the girls to do in anticipation of Piri's parents coming?
(a) Catch chickens.
(b) Visit the synagogue.
(c) Help her clean the house.
(d) Decorate the garden.

14. Where did Rozsi walk with Piri?
(a) To the woods.
(b) To the train station.
(c) To the hospital.
(d) To the school.

15. What did Mother do as soon as she got Piri home?
(a) Lecture her about how life had changed.
(b) Wash her.
(c) Feed her.
(d) Ask her about everything.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lajos?

2. What did Piri know about the political situation in 1939?

3. What was Farenc sad to tell Piri?

4. How does Piri characterize her mother's state of mind on returning home in Chapter 8?

5. What does Babi beg of Piri's mother?

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