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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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 read histories and talked to people who had traveled, to see what they could tell her.
(d) She was too young to know anything about the political situation.

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

7. Who were the Hungarians fighting when Piri was on the farm?
(a) Ukrainians.
(b) Germans.
(c) Turks.
(d) Poles.

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

9. What grade did Piri start in 1941?
(a) Tenth.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Third.
(d) Fifth.

10. What was Piri's father's position?
(a) Army officer.
(b) Mechanic.
(c) Printer.
(d) Teacher.

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

12. What did Lilli tell Piri?
(a) The family was making plans to move.
(b) The family was spending as much time as possible at her apartment outside the city.
(c) She and her husband were getting a place of their own.
(d) She and her husband were staying with the family frequently.

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

14. How does Piri say she was greeted in Beregszasz?
(a) Sadly.
(b) Happily.
(c) Heavily.
(d) Indifferently.

15. Who is Rozsi?
(a) Piri's sister.
(b) Piri's grandmother.
(c) Piri's cousin.
(d) Farenc's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Piri receive as a gift?

2. Why wasn't Babi impressed that Piri was a favorite of her teacher?

3. How long did Mother and Mrs. Gerber wait without seeing their husbands?

4. What were Piri's feelings about Hitler?

5. How did Piri help Farenc?

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