Cilka's Journey Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What did Yelena do to end up with this Siberian assignment? (from Chapters 5 - 12)

She out-studied her male colleagues, and they conspired against her.

Nothing; she volunteered.

She practiced a religion.

She had an affair with a politician that went sour.

2.

Why does someone want Alexandr dead? (from Chapter 30 – Additional Information)

Doctors found him stealing medication.

Camp officers found him smuggling information.

Other prisoners were jealous of his administrative job.

Boris found out Cilka fancied him.

3.

The personification “The wind whips [the spring flowers] around and still their stalks bounce back” (236) represents what for Cilka? (from Chapters 20 - 29)

Spring has nearly arrived, and she will be able to spend more outside time.

Her ability to triumph over difficult conditions.

Her realization that many springs have passed without her noticing.

Her remembrance of spring in Czechoslovakia.

4.

Why does Cilka allow herself to bring Hanukkah blessings to Josie in labor? (from Chapters 13 - 19)

Cilka is overcome by emotion and forgets that she is cursed.

Josie’s birthing process is a momentary time of new life.

Josie is also Jewish.

It reminds her of the birth of Magda.

5.

How is the “past never as far away as they’d like” (321)? (from Chapter 30 – Additional Information)

What Cilka and Gita were forced to endure will remain forefront in their minds.

Cilka and Gita constantly worry for their safety because of past events.

The past is filled with unmemorable events.

The past is something to be forgotten.

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