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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 time do Sage and Leo pull into Westerbrook after leaving her grandmother?

2. What kind of cancer did Minka survive?

3. What did the villagers throw on Alek's wounds when he was beaten?

4. The first time that Minka stole photographs from Kanada, how many did she steal?

5. Where do Josek and his family go after the SS raid at the Astoria?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Leo notice about the way Sage acts around her sisters?

3. Why did an autograph album make Darija cry while she was working in Kanada?

4. Who were Aleksander's first victims?

5. What was the first thing that Minka stole from Kanada?

6. What happened while the soldiers were whipping Aleks?

7. What does Sage do when she views her grandmother in the casket?

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

9. How did Minka die?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sage attends a grief therapy group. Why does Sage attend the group if it isn't helping her cope with her grief?

Essay Topic 2

Sage cannot understand how Josef has lived as a normal person after all he has done. Does Josef believe he is a normal person? Has he successfully lived as one?

Essay Topic 3

Sage has a boyfriend. What is unusual about their relationship?

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