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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Mother's connection to Mrs. Gerber?
(a) They worked in the same factory.
(b) Mrs. Gerber's husband was in the same battalion as Father.
(c) They taught in the same school.
(d) They knew each other from childhood.

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

3. What made Piri a favorite of her teacher's?
(a) She spoke Hungarian.
(b) She spoke Ukrainian.
(c) She spoke Yiddish.
(d) She was good at math.

4. What was Farenc sad to tell Piri?
(a) He was being drafted.
(b) He was ill.
(c) He was being transferred.
(d) He was going into combat.

5. What did Mother prepare for Father's visit?
(a) All the extra bedrooms.
(b) Her clothes and Piri's.
(c) A great feast.
(d) She cleaned and painted the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the woman find in the place Mother took her to?

2. How did the war affect Piri's father's position?

3. What does Babi beg of Piri's mother?

4. Where did Father expect his battalion to go?

5. Why was the narrator sent to Komjaty?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Piri's mother express concern over Rozsi?

2. Describe Piri's family's friendship with Mrs. Gerber.

3. What did Babi want Mother and Father to do with the children, and what was Mother's response?

4. Why did Farenc agree to help Piri and her family?

5. What political event ends Chapter 8?

6. What did Farenc say about Babi's desire to ship the children to America?

7. Describe Piri's parents' visit to Komjaty.

8. Where does 'Upon the Head of a Goat' begin?

9. Discuss Farenc's return to Babi's farm.

10. Describe Piri's departure from Komjaty.

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