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1. Why does Menachem ask his daughters to always promise to take care of one another?

Menachem asks his daughters to always promise to take care of one another. He has a bullet in his neck that he received during the Great War. After 12 years, it has to be removed. He is afraid that he will not make it through the surgery, so he wants his girls to look after one another in case he is not there to watch after them.

2. Why does Dr. Kisely put Magda in the hospital in Chapter 1?

Magda has had had a fever for days. However, Dr. Kisely wants to put her in the hospital because he has heard terrible rumors of young Jewish boys and girls being taken from Slovakia to work for the Germans. If Maga is in the hospital, she will be safe.

3. In Chapter 1, where is Cibi?

Cibi is off with the Hachshara. It is a training program to teach young people like her the skills necessary to make a new life in Palestine where they can be safe from the war raging in Europe and escape the Nazis.

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