Zlata' Diary

Which statement is true about the entries in Zlata’s diary?

• They appear in time order
• Each one compares and contrasts.
• They do not contain personal thoughts.
• Each one is a media account.

What form does each entry take?

• Each is a letter to Nina.
• Each is a letter to Zlata’s friend in Pennsylvania.
• Each is a letter to Mimmy.
• Each is a letter to Zlata’s parents.

What event does Zlata describe in her diary entries?

• a tornado
• an earthquake
• a war
• a flood

What is the setting of most of the entries in Zlata’s diary?

• Sarajevo
• Harrisburg
• Paris
• Holland

Which statement is the most accurate description of Zlata’s attitude toward war?

• It’s dangerous but understandable.
• It’s horrible, disgusting, and unfair.
• It’s unnecessary and too expensive.
• It’s just another part of life.

What does Zlata feel the war has taken away from her?

• her childhood
• her birthday
• her grandparents
• her school

What happens to Zlata’s friend Nina?

• She is captured.
• She drops out of school.
• She moves to a safer city.
• She is killed by the shell that landed in the park.

At one point, Zlata and her parents hide in their cellar. Why?

• They don’t want to go to Holland.
• They want to move their beds.
• Thieves rob their apartment.
• They need to escape the gunfire.

What do Zlata and her parents do to make their apartment safer?

• They stop using electricity.
• They move their stove to the cellar.
• They get rid of the mice in the cellar.
• They move their beds away from the windows.

Zlata misses many things. What one thing does she miss the most?

• birthday cake
• peace
• school
• her pet