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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the war affect Piri's father's position?
(a) He was promoted.
(b) He was drafted.
(c) He was demoted.
(d) He was fired.

2. What did Piri see in the river the morning after the battle?
(a) Dead soldiers.
(b) Soldiers bathing.
(c) A lost child.
(d) Her sister.

3. What had Mother failed to do when she came home at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Get the police to condemn the Anti-Semites' attack.
(b) Secure passage to the country for the children.
(c) Make money.
(d) Secure visas for America.

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

5. How did Piri help Farenc?
(a) She gave him directions.
(b) She gave him food.
(c) She gave him bandages.
(d) She gave him a ride.

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

7. What happened when the boys chased Piri and Iboya?
(a) They escaped.
(b) A policeman chased the boys away.
(c) They were beaten.
(d) The boys caught them but didn't hurt them.

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

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

10. What does Farenc suggest in addition to what Piri told him?
(a) Babi should move in with Piri's mother.
(b) Piri's mother should move to the farm.
(c) It is already too late to try to flee.
(d) America is just as biased against Czechs.

11. Mother was going to inquire into _________________.
(a) Whether she could still send the children to America.
(b) Whether to tell her husband.
(c) Whether she could still escape to the country.
(d) Whether she should make a complaint to the authorities.

12. In what voice is 'Upon the Head of A Goat' narrated?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) Third person omniscient.
(c) First person.
(d) Second person.

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

14. What did Piri tell Farenc during the visit in Chapter 5?
(a) Her parents wanted to send her to America.
(b) The Germans were killing Jews.
(c) The Germans were rounding up Jews.
(d) She is her teacher's favorite at school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was it before Piri saw Farenc again?

2. Where were Father and Lajos at the beginning of Chapter 7?

3. When was Father's battalion going to come through Beregszasz?

4. What part of Christmas disappointed Piri?

5. What did Rozsi say in her letters home?

(see the answer keys)

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