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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mrs. Gerber give Piri when she arrived at her house?
(a) Information about Dr. Feher.
(b) Food for Passover.
(c) The name of a smuggler.
(d) A small gift in return for Passover food.

2. How does Piri characterize the German invasion of Hungary?
(a) Tragic.
(b) Surprising.
(c) Inept.
(d) Inevitable.

3. What did Mother do for Dr. Feher?
(a) Helped ransom his body.
(b) Helped his relatives.
(c) Prayed for him.
(d) Helped bury him.

4. Lajos was accused of ____________.
(a) Terrorism.
(b) Beating a soldier.
(c) Theft.
(d) Disloyalty.

5. What news did Mother get of Lilli, Lajos and Manci?
(a) They were dead.
(b) They had escaped.
(c) They were seen boarding a train.
(d) They were sick.

6. What were the hours of the curfew for Jews?
(a) 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
(b) 3 p.m. to 10 a.m.
(c) 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.
(d) 3 a.m. to 10 a.m.

7. How did this ultimatum affect Mother?
(a) She vowed never to leave the house.
(b) She refused to give up any names.
(c) She got ready to leave.
(d) She gave up her savings.

8. What was the ultimatum the German soldiers gave Mr. Hirsch?
(a) Pay a large sum, or the religious leaders would be killed.
(b) Betray the Jews in the town or have the entire town destroyed.
(c) Leave Beregszasz or be killed.
(d) Give up the Jews in hiding, or his family would be beaten and raped.

9. Who took Piri's goat away?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) The housing bureau.
(c) Police.
(d) Neighbors.

10. What did Mother try to do?
(a) Talk to the officials about supplies.
(b) Organize the prisoners.
(c) Hang out sheets for privacy.
(d) Bargain with the guards.

11. Where did Mother take a telephone call?
(a) The telephone office.
(b) Home.
(c) The Police station.
(d) The train station.

12. Where have the German soldiers ordered Mother to take them?
(a) To the Juden bureau.
(b) To the synagogue.
(c) To the Zionist leaders.
(d) To the places where Jews were hiding.

13. How did Mother change after her trip outside the city?
(a) She began to go crazy.
(b) She became more suspicious.
(c) She got sick.
(d) She began to hear voices all the time.

14. Who was Mr. Shuster?
(a) The leader of the ghetto.
(b) The leader of the resistance.
(c) An agent provocateur.
(d) A very sick man in the ghetto.

15. How does Piri say Iboya would return from work?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Contented.
(c) Despondent.
(d) Jubilant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the family name the goat?

2. What was Mr. Schwartz' response to Mother?

3. Why did Manci need to be picked up?

4. What did Lilli decide to give up?

5. How old does Piri say the people were at these secret gatherings?

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