Cilka's Journey Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is the current setting of the novel? (from Chapters 1 – 4)

Auschwitz.

Birkenau.

Bardejov, Czechoslovakia.

A prison camp in Siberia.

2.

How is the “past never as far away as they’d like” (321)? (from Chapter 30 – Additional Information)

The past is filled with unmemorable events.

What Cilka and Gita were forced to endure will remain forefront in their minds.

The past is something to be forgotten.

Cilka and Gita constantly worry for their safety because of past events.

3.

Why does Cilka allow herself to bring Hanukkah blessings to Josie in labor? (from Chapters 13 - 19)

Josie is also Jewish.

Cilka is overcome by emotion and forgets that she is cursed.

It reminds her of the birth of Magda.

Josie’s birthing process is a momentary time of new life.

4.

What is the irony of the doctor looking shocked when Cilka wonders whether he will inject her with an infectious disease? (from Chapters 13 - 19)

He had plans to inject her with an infectious disease and was surprised she guessed.

The gulag is not that much more humane at treating their prisoners.

He does not understand Cilka’s sense of humor.

He thinks that Cilka talks too much while working.

5.

Why do the guards not challenge the trustees? (from Chapters 13 - 19)

They are outnumbered.

They want to be stationed elsewhere.

They are also cold and hungry in the gulag.

They do not care what happens in the camp.

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