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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 had Lilli and Lajos been hiding?

2. What were the hours of the curfew for Jews?

3. What was disturbing to this visitor?

4. What news did Mother get of Lilli, Lajos and Manci?

5. How did the Sanyi's family escape?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the group of children with whom Piri spent her time.

2. Describe Mother's preparation for the mission regarding Manci.

3. What news did Mother get of Lilli, Lajos, and Manci after her trip?

4. Describe the circumstances of Lujza's death.

5. What were the family's options for escaping after Lujza's death?

6. Describe Piri's development into womanhood.

7. How did the political scene change in Hungary?

8. Why did Piri and Iboya end up running the household themselves?

9. Describe the family's departure for the ghetto.

10. How did Piri's schooling change as a result of the Germans' policies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch with passages from the book.

Essay Topic 2

In Piri's account, what is the cause of the Holocaust that killed 11 million people? Was it simply Anti-Semitism, or does she attribute her family's experiences to other cultural phenomena? How important is it for her to find causes, anyway? If finding causes is not important to her, what is more important? Bearing witness? Testifying? Externalizing the experience?

Essay Topic 3

How does Piri handle the fact that her parents were repeatedly asked to send her away from the war, but did not--and paid the price with their own lives? How does Piri overcome the guilt that comes with having survived something the others did not? Even if the guilt is not explicitly mentioned, if you guess that it's there, how does it change your reading of the memoir?

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