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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. Where did Mother take a telephone call?

2. Why did Manci need to be picked up?

3. What did mother argue for at the ghetto?

4. What was Iboya's job?

5. Lajos was accused of ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Iboya's work affect the family?

2. Where were the Jews concentrated by the Germans?

3. Where would Iboya spend time outside the house?

4. Why was Mother upset with Piri over Dr. Feher's death?

5. Describe the family's purchase of a goat.

6. What upset Piri's mother in Chapter 12?

7. Describe the Zionist meetings Piri attended.

8. How did the incident with Lilli change Piri's mother?

9. How did the family handle Lujza's death?

10. Describe the trip mother took on Manci's behalf.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Would you recommend 'Upon the Head of a Goat'? For what purposes would you recommend 'Upon the Head of a Goat', and what kinds of readers would you not recommend it? What book would you recommend that would cover the same material or provide the same emotional experience in a different way?

Essay Topic 2

How does Siegal distinguish the memoir genre from the novel? How is 'Upon the Head of a Goat' literary in spite of itself? What novelistic features does 'Upon the Head of a Goat' have (allusions, foreshadowing, symbols, plotting) and how does Siegal make attempts to keep the writing real and urgent and true to life?

Essay Topic 3

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

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