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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At first how did life change under Russian occupation?
(a) Jews had to wear the Star of David.
(b) Pictures of Lenin and Stalin were posted everywhere.
(c) Jews were not allowed to congregate.
(d) Russians were put in positions of power.

2. What village is Alicia able to find work in during the winter?
(a) Wujciechovka.
(b) Kielce.
(c) Słupsk.
(d) Warsaw.

3. What is Alicia's first experience with antisemitism?
(a) When her father's factory was burned to the ground because he was Jewish.
(b) When she was taunted at school by a group of Gentile students.
(c) When her brother Zachary is beaten by five Polish boys.
(d) When her mother was accosted in the town square.

4. Who finds Alicia in this hiding place?
(a) Bella.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her youngest brother.
(d) Milek.

5. During her early years, what didn't Alicia experience?
(a) Going to school.
(b) Love from her parents.
(c) Having a boyfriend.
(d) Antisemitism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What saves Alicia?

2. When was Bella's husband taken by the Russians?

3. Why did many people think that Poland would be invaded?

4. What is Alicia's friend Milek now involved in?

5. What is the family's new winter hiding place called?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alicia finally find her way back to her hometown and what does she find when she arrives?

2. Why are Alicia and her family more prepared for the move to the ghetto?

3. Why does meeting Bella's family help Alicia make it through through this section of the novel?

4. How does Alicia show her selflessness in this section?

5. What is the second way that Alicia proves she is selfless in this section?

6. Who help to nurse Alicia back to health after she escapes being sent on a death march?

7. When the Germans arrived in Poland, what has happened to the Russians and Poles?

8. How does Mrs Gold choose to help Alicia after she has already nursed her back to health?

9. What became the fate of Moshe, Alicia's brother?

10. How does Alicia find her way home after being caught in the transport car?

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