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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. What was Minka's best subject in school?
(a) German.
(b) Math.
(c) English.
(d) French.

2. Who was the first person that Josef asked to kill him?
(a) Sage's mother.
(b) Neighbor.
(c) Wife.
(d) Sage's father.

3. When did Josef say that he arrived at Auschwitz?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1940.

4. How many survivor meetings did Minka attend when she first got to America?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

5. What did Minka's husband say that he saw in her?
(a) Her sense of purpose.
(b) Her sense of humor.
(c) His future.
(d) Her positive outlook.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sage goes with a wire to see Josef, what is the phrase that means she needs help?

2. How long had Darija been at Aushwitz before Minka arrived?

3. What was unusual about Casimir's appearance?

4. What type of flowers does Adam send Sage?

5. How many Jews lived in the Jewish town where Minka and her family had to go?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't Minka mind living in the ghetto at first?

2. What does Leo think his mother would and would not like about Sage?

3. In Section 7, why does Sage want to borrow the kitchen at the bakery?

4. Why does Mary say it is important to forgive?

5. Why did Minka begin to look forward to working for Franz?

6. Why does Josef say that Auschwitz was a good assignment?

7. What does Leo tell people who come up to him and Sage after the service at the Synagogue?

8. Who was Josef's first choice to ask to kill him?

9. How did Minka remove an infected tooth from Darija's mouth?

10. What was a Donestre?

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