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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Piri ill?

2. Why was the narrator sent to Komjaty?

3. What was Piri's mood about school and her future?

4. What was Farenc riding when Piri met him?

5. What did Piri say that made her mother express concern?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Piri learn from the letter that came from her parents in Beregszasz?

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

3. How did current events affect the Passover holiday?

4. Describe Piri's departure from Komjaty.

5. How did Piri's mother react to this encounter with the group of boys?

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

7. Describe Piri's relationship with Farenc.

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

9. What conflict does Piri witness?

10. What was strange to Piri about Babi's distrust?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what extent is this merely a story of Piri's self-discovery, in which she learned to pay attention to her own impressions and acquired a knowledge of adult facts like injustice and suffering and the relativity of human ideas? How much is Piri the subject of her own memoir? What other topics compete with herself?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate your own reading of 'Upon the Head of a Goat'--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 3

How does the calendar of Jewish and Christian holidays give structure to 'Upon the Head of a Goat'? How does Piri's family celebrate the holidays, and how are their celebrations affected by the war?

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