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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 did Mother have a talk with Mr. Schwartz about?

2. What was Mr. Schwartz' response to Mother?

3. How had Luzja killed herself?

4. Why was Piri expelled from school?

5. What was Mother's response to Uncle Sanyi?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the ultimatum the Germans issued to the Jewish community.

2. How did the political scene change in Hungary?

3. Describe Piri's development into womanhood.

4. Where were the Jews concentrated by the Germans?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the Zionist meetings Piri attended.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Memoirs like Elie Wiesel's Night, or Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's 'Day in the Live of Ivan Denisovich' detail the goings on inside of concentration camps. This memoir stops at the moment when those stories would have begun. How does this ending point affect the shape of Siegal's narrative? Is there a tension between the memoir as a recollection of childhood, and a recollection of a horrific experience? How does Siegal both include and avoid the experience of the concentration camp itself?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Based on the experiences described in 'Upon the Head of a Goat', would you send your children away from your home at the first scent of trouble, or would you keep them with you, in hoped that conditions would improve? When would you try to find them safer places? How would you endure the separation?

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