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In My Hands: Quiz 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Irene is ___

a)

German

b)

Jewish

c)

Polish

d)

Russian

2.

Irene has ___ sisters.

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

3.

Irene leaves her family to ___

a)

Join the war

b)

Travel

c)

Get married

d)

Go to nursing school

4.

When Irene is in school, she stays with ___

a)

Aunt Helen

b)

Miriam

c)

Dr. David

d)

Mamusia and Tatus

5.

When war breaks out, Irene ends up ___

a)

going home

b)

getting injured

c)

in exile

d)

becoming a solider

6.

After the Russian soldiers attack her, Irene becomes ___

a)

a prisoner of war

b)

a spy

c)

a nurse

d)

a mercenary

7.

Dr. David smuggles her away because ___

a)

Dr. Ksydzof attacked her

b)

She was Jewish

c)

Miriam needs help in the village

d)

He is secretly in love with her

8.

Irene becomes ___ for her own protection.

a)

Miriam

b)

Janina

c)

Mamusia

d)

Rachel

9.

Irene has to be in hiding because ___

a)

She attacked Dr. Ksydzof

b)

She attacked Dr. David

c)

Dr. Ksydzof told everyone she's a Polish spy

d)

Dr. Ksydzof told everyone she's Jewish

10.

How did Irene get a pass to go home?

a)

She pretended to be German

b)

She pretended to be Russian

c)

She stole it

d)

Miriam got it for her

11.

Irene wasn't able to make it on the train because ___

a)

She got sick

b)

She lost her pass

c)

She was captured by Russian soldiers

d)

She went back to try to save a Jewish neighbor

12.

How did Irene end up on the train?

a)

She bought a new pass

b)

She escaped from the Russians

c)

A man took pity on her

d)

She snuck on and hid in the back

13.

What did Irene find when she got back to Radom?

a)

Her best friend

b)

Dr. David

c)

Her family

d)

Dr. Ksydzof

14.

What had happened to Polish citizens?

a)

They were being forced into the Russian military

b)

They were being forced to live like prisoners

c)

They were being forced into the German military

d)

They were able to live as though nothing was happening

15.

What happened to Tatus?

a)

He was taken away by the Germans, to work for them

b)

He was taken away to the concentration camps

c)

He was killed on his way home from work

d)

He became a spy for the Polish resistance

16.

Why couldn't Irene and Janina go with their mother and sisters?

a)

They didn't have enough money

b)

The house was too small for all of them

c)

The Germans would have taken them

d)

The Russians would have taken them

17.

Put the girls in order, from oldest to youngest.

a)

Irene

b)

Janina

c)

Marysia

d)

Bronia

e)

Wladzia

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
18.

What is the primary metaphor throughout the book?

a)

Storms

b)

Birds

c)

War

d)

Fear

19.

Who were Irene's Russian roommates at the hospital? (pick two)

a)

Miriam

b)

Galla

c)

Rachel

d)

Maruszka

20.

How old was Irene when the war broke out?

a)

16

b)

17

c)

18

d)

19

21.

How old was Irene when Tatus was taken away?

a)

16

b)

17

c)

18

d)

19

22.

Irene knows the Jews are being attacked.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

What is an example of foreshadowing in the text?

a)

Irene being attacked

b)

Irene fantasizing about being heroic and saving people

c)

Tatus catching Mamusia's boat

d)

Irene going to nursing school

24.

Irene looks German.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

The Russians believe Irene is ___

a)

Jewish

b)

German

c)

a partisan spy

d)

working for Hitler