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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Piri say the school routine changed in 1941?
(a) There were air attack drills all the time.
(b) The children did military drills instead of playing.
(c) Classes were smaller as children went to America or fled Europe.
(d) Some of the buildings had been turned into barracks.

3. What did the woman find in the place Mother took her to?
(a) Information about her family.
(b) A hiding place for Jewish refugees.
(c) Money and food.
(d) Work and support.

4. What did Piri's disappointment tell her about the larger culture?
(a) The war was destroying the factories.
(b) There wasn't money for holidays.
(c) The war had turned factories to military purposes.
(d) Anti-Semitism was increasing.

5. What was Father's expectation?
(a) He and Lajos would be home soon.
(b) He would rise through the ranks.
(c) He would run away as soon as he could.
(d) He would die on the Russian front.

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

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

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

9. Where were Father and Lajos at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) In the city.
(b) Off at war.
(c) Hiding in the forests.
(d) At the farm.

10. Why did Babi distrust the Hungarians?
(a) They were largely Jewish.
(b) They were close to Germans.
(c) They persecuted Ukrainians.
(d) They spoke a language she didn't understand.

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

12. Where was Mrs. Gerber's daughter?
(a) Budapest.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Prague.
(d) Berlin.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What part of Christmas disappointed Piri?

3. Why was Piri cut off from her family at the beginning of Chapter 3?

4. What did Piri overhear when she was in bed after the incident?

5. What did Piri see in the river the morning after the battle?

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