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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Piri characterize her adjustment to life in Beregszasz?
(a) She adjusted quickly.
(b) She could not quite adjust.
(c) She adjusted painfully.
(d) She adjusted reluctantly.

2. To whom did Piri entrust a letter to her parents?
(a) Rozsi.
(b) Molcha.
(c) Sandor.
(d) Her grandmother.

3. What did Rozsi say in her letters home?
(a) She was alright.
(b) They were starting to take away the Jews.
(c) Everyone was leaving.
(d) The fighting was getting closer.

4. How did Farenc help Piri?
(a) He found her grandparents.
(b) He gave her food.
(c) He gave her someplace to stay.
(d) He gave her a ride.

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

6. How did Babi prepare for the holiday?
(a) Visiting the synagogue.
(b) Praying and reading the Bible.
(c) Cooking, and cleaning the house.
(d) Visiting with neighbors.

7. How long did Mother and Mrs. Gerber wait without seeing their husbands?
(a) A few days.
(b) A couple of weeks.
(c) More than a week.
(d) Almost a week.

8. What does Piri compare to her life in Komjaty?
(a) The violence.
(b) The city smells.
(c) The political tension.
(d) The food.

9. What does Babi beg of Piri's mother?
(a) To send the children to America.
(b) To come stay with her and Piri.
(c) To take the children with her.
(d) To split the family up.

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

11. Who was Shimi Stern?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A smuggler.
(d) A soldier.

12. What was Farenc riding when Piri met him?
(a) A motorcycle.
(b) A tank.
(c) A stretcher.
(d) A horse.

13. How does Piri's father say people treat him?
(a) They look down on him because he is Czech.
(b) They look up to him because he is Hungarian.
(c) They admire him because he is educated.
(d) They look up to him because he is Ukrainian.

14. Who is Lajos?
(a) Piri's cousin.
(b) Piri's brother-in-law.
(c) Piri's sister-in-law.
(d) Piri's uncle.

15. When was Father's battalion going to come through Beregszasz?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) December.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did mother express concern over?

2. What did Piri tell Farenc during the visit in Chapter 5?

3. What political alliance took place at the end of Chapter 9?

4. What made Piri ill?

5. What did Mother prepare for Father's visit?

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