A Spring Morning

The quote, "At twelve o'clock the ground in the meadow near the forest was trampled and dug up like a fresh wound," is an example of which figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

How is the Gniezna described Aron?

• The dirty yellow color of beer.

• The water was just like water, just a little dirtier.

• It was not described by Aron.

Why does Aron describe the Gnieza?

• He was thirsty.

• He is pointing out the color to his wife because he never noticed it before.

• He is appreciating the sights he will not ever see again.

What is the family considering hiding from?

• The police officers from his home town.

• The dozen or so canvas colored trucks there to pick them up.

Why do they decide not to hide?

• They know they will be caught.

• They do not have a reliable place to hide.

• There is nothing to hide from.

• Others have attempted to hide but have been caught.

What does the wife mean when she says, "If we would have known we would not have had her," to Aron?

• They would not have started a family if they knew they would be the target of a mass genocide.

• The wish they would have waited until after the Holocaust to have a family.

• They were worried they would all be separated in the camps.

Where was the family being marched to?

• Concentration Camps

• Another neighborhood

• A shelter

What happened to the little girl when she ran to the crowd?

• She found Marcysia in the crowd.

• She got scared and ran back to her father.

• She was killed by a German officer.

Why was the man able to calmly and peacefully watch Aron and his family march?

• He had successfully hid from the officers.

• He was the possessor of an Aryan great grandmother.

• His neighborhood had not yet been evacuated.

"Thanks to him and to people like him, there have survived to this day shreds of sentences, echoes of final laments, shadows of the sighs of the participants in the marches funebres, so common in those times," is an example of which figurative language?

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Hyperbole