Here are some items you may want to know!
- The characters we have met in the book. There will be a matching part with a description for each name. Know your characters!
- There will be 5 yiddish terms on the test: shtetl, badchan, afikoman, Dayneu, shmatte. There will be a matching section for this as well.
- 3 short answer questions. They will need a topic sentence, details to support, and a concluding sentence.
- Hannah/Chaya are good at telling stories. Discuss Hannah telling stories. To whom does she tell one to? Why does she tell it? How does her audience receive it? Discuss Chaya telling stories. To whom does she tell them to? Why does she tell them? How does her audience receive it?
- There are many differences between Hannah’s life in New York and in Poland. In a short paragraph (topic sentence, supporting details and a conclusion), give at least 3 major differences.
- The importance of remembering the past plays an important theme. Choose one of the following questions to answer in a short paragraph.
- Is there a time in your life that you wish you could forget? Describe the situation. Why do you want to forget it? (painful, embarrassing, etc) Although you want to forget it, why do you know it is a good thing to remember it?
- Why does Hannah not want to go to the Seder meal? Why do you think she does not like remembering her past? Why is it important for her to remember her
