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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom did Piri entrust a letter to her parents?
(a) Rozsi.
(b) Sandor.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Molcha.

2. What did Babi ask the girls to do in anticipation of Piri's parents coming?
(a) Decorate the garden.
(b) Help her clean the house.
(c) Catch chickens.
(d) Visit the synagogue.

3. What was Farenc riding when Piri met him?
(a) A motorcycle.
(b) A tank.
(c) A stretcher.
(d) A horse.

4. When did Babi hear that Piri's parents were coming?
(a) Purim.
(b) Easter.
(c) Passover.
(d) Rosh Hashanah.

5. What grade did Piri start in 1941?
(a) Tenth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Third.
(d) Seventh.

6. What did Mother give Piri now that she was in the city?
(a) A good scrubbing.
(b) Books.
(c) Presents.
(d) A lecture about Germans.

7. Where did Mother and Mrs. Gerber wait for their men?
(a) The barracks.
(b) Their house.
(c) The city center.
(d) The train station.

8. What festivities did Babi prepare for, in spite of the fact that family wouldn't be able to gather?
(a) Rosh Hashanah.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Hannukah.
(d) Passover.

9. Where did Mother take the woman?
(a) Mrs. Gerber's house.
(b) To the country.
(c) To the police.
(d) Mrs. Silverman's house.

10. Who comes to the farm a few weeks after Piri's new sister is born?
(a) Farenc.
(b) Rozsi.
(c) Father.
(d) Mother.

11. What does Farenc suggest in addition to what Piri told him?
(a) Babi should move in with Piri's mother.
(b) Piri's mother should move to the farm.
(c) America is just as biased against Czechs.
(d) It is already too late to try to flee.

12. What did Piri's disappointment tell her about the larger culture?
(a) Anti-Semitism was increasing.
(b) The war had turned factories to military purposes.
(c) The war was destroying the factories.
(d) There wasn't money for holidays.

13. How long did Mother and Mrs. Gerber wait without seeing their husbands?
(a) Almost a week.
(b) A few days.
(c) A couple of weeks.
(d) More than a week.

14. What was Farenc sad to tell Piri?
(a) He was being transferred.
(b) He was being drafted.
(c) He was going into combat.
(d) He was ill.

15. How does Piri's father say people treat him?
(a) They admire him because he is educated.
(b) They look down on him because he is Czech.
(c) They look up to him because he is Hungarian.
(d) They look up to him because he is Ukrainian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Piri tell Farenc during the visit in Chapter 5?

2. What did Farenc reveal to Piri?

3. What had Babi done to help Mother make this attempt?

4. What did Piri expect her future to look like?

5. Who were the Hungarians fighting when Piri was on the farm?

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