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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. Where did Piri go to school after being expelled?

2. What changed for Piri and Iboya when the Germans took over Hungary?

3. What did Mother return from doing, at the beginning of Chapter 17?

4. Iboya volunteered for _______________.

5. Whom did Mother and Piri hear were likely in the procession somewhere?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the political scene change in Hungary?

2. What message did Mother get from Lajos' parents?

3. Describe the group of children with whom Piri spent her time.

4. What upset Piri's mother in Chapter 12?

5. What news did Mother get of Lilli, Lajos, and Manci after her trip?

6. Where did Iboya get work?

7. Describe the ultimatum the Germans issued to the Jewish community.

8. How did Piri's schooling change as a result of the Germans' policies?

9. How did life in the ghetto affect Mother?

10. Why was Mother upset with Piri over Dr. Feher's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based on the experiences described in 'Upon the Head of a Goat', would you send your children away from your home at the first scent of trouble, or would you keep them with you, in hoped that conditions would improve? When would you try to find them safer places? How would you endure the separation?

Essay Topic 2

'Upon the Head of a Goat' is obviously a coming of age tale. To what extent is Piri initiated into the world of the Holocaust, and to what extent is she initiated into the world of her family? What lessons is Piri learning throughout 'Upon the Head of a Goat', and what is the sphere where they are meant to be meaningful?

Essay Topic 3

For writers like Kafka, the absurdity and insanity of the concentration camp became a metaphor for the modern world as a whole. He barely survived in it. How does Siegal portray the insanity of the times? What philosophy does she develop that lets her keep going? How does Siegal define the different and the different temperaments that took the events in stride or broke beneath them?

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