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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Piri say that made her mother express concern?
(a) She liked her teacher.
(b) She wanted to go away.
(c) Rozsi only spoke to baby.
(d) Rozsi was engaged to Farenc.

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

3. What was Piri's mood about school and her future?
(a) Optimistic.
(b) Pessimistic.
(c) Reserved.
(d) Skeptical.

4. How long was it before Piri saw Farenc again?
(a) A few days.
(b) A few months.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) A few hours.

5. What did Piri get to do when she arrived in Beregszasz?
(a) Take care of the animals.
(b) Work for the family.
(c) Hold her sister.
(d) Go back to school.

6. Who is Farenc?
(a) A Hungarian policeman.
(b) Piri's brother.
(c) A Ukrainian soldier.
(d) A German soldier.

7. What did Mother give Piri now that she was in the city?
(a) Books.
(b) Presents.
(c) A good scrubbing.
(d) A lecture about Germans.

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

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

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

11. What did Piri receive as a gift?
(a) A glass globe.
(b) A book.
(c) A set of paints.
(d) A new dress.

12. Who went back with Mother after the holiday?
(a) Molcha.
(b) Piri.
(c) Only Father.
(d) Rozsi.

13. What was Piri's baby sister named?
(a) Lilli.
(b) Lajos.
(c) Iboya.
(d) Joli.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what location did the narrator begin?

2. What was Father's expectation?

3. How does Piri's father say people treat him?

4. Where did Father expect his battalion to go?

5. To whom did Piri entrust a letter to her parents?

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