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THE CAGE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Riva | "I cannot live here. This earth is soaked with our blood." |
| Katia | "Take your time. There is no guard here." |
| Madam Commandant | "You still feel. You still dream...You reminded me that I, too, have a mother." |
| Mama | "German blood will flow, just as Jewish blood is flowing in the streets!" |
| Yulek | "We must make a better world by not letting them forget what has happened here." |
| no one | Who from her family does Riva find when she returns home to Lodz? |
| Germany and Poland | In which countries is the story set? |
| Riva Minska | Who is the main character (first and last name)? |
| Motele | Who steals wood for the family? |
| Katia | Who is the Russian doctor? |
| Yulek | Who helps with the secret library? |
| Helen | Who is the camp elder? |
| the Lodz Ghetto | What is "the cage"? |
| Chana, Mala, and Yankele | Riva's older siblings' names |
| Hitler Youth | What children's group does Harry Gruber join? |
| tuberculosis | What disease does Laibele die from? |
| "As long as there is life, there is hope." | What does Riva's mother always say? |
| books | What do Riva and her brothers hide in their new home in the ghetto? |
| Auschwitz | the first camp Riva is deported to |
| to express her feelings and have a record for the future | Why does Riva write poetry in the camps? |
| hope | What is a recurring theme throughout the book? |
| She is allowed to leave the camp to get medical treatment. | What special kindness does Riva receive at Camp Mittelsteine? |
| hand | In what part of her body does Riva develop an infection at Camp Mittelsteine? |
| Russia | What country do Riva's older siblings escape to? |
| Nazis | the name of the group that is persecuting the Jews |
| Shmulek | Who returns from a labor camp due to a drunk commandant? |
| Laibele | Who dies of tuberculosis? |
| Mama | Who is taken from her children and presumably killed by the Nazis because she looks "too sick" to work? |
| Anna | Who is the camp doctor? |
| Harry and Mrs. Gruber | Which characters turn against the Minska family? |
| World War II | What important historical event is happening in the world during the Holocaust years? |
| Adolf Hitler | Who is the person ordering the mistreatment and murder of the Jews? |
| They are being persecuted, beaten, and killed. | What is happening to the Jews of Europe at this time? |
| false | True or false: Madam Commandant takes away Riva's poems. |
| Star of David | a symbol of the Jewish religion |
| deportation | being forced to move from one area to another |
| Anna | "One has to do what is right." |
| Tola | "We are nobles, broken in body but still alive." |
| ghetto | a section of a city surrounded by barbed wire, meant to house a minority group like the Jews |
| concentration camp | a "prison" for Jews and other enemies of the Nazi regime |
| false | True or false: Riva finds all of her family alive after she is freed from the camp. |
| true | True or false: One of Riva's jobs in the camps is digging safety trenches for the Nazis. |
| true | True or false: One of Riva's jobs is rolling bandages for the Nazi army. |
| in the gutter | Where must Riva walk on her way to the hospital? |
| false | True or false: Riva and Karola make a plan to escape from the camp. |
| true | True or false: The Nazis take Riva's glasses and cut off her hair. |
| true | True or false: Riva never sees her little brothers again after they arrive at Auschwitz. |
| false | True or false: The Russian doctor amputates Riva's arm. |
| malnutrition and vitamin deficiency | Why does Riva lose her ability to walk? |
| Moishele | "I am so glad we are as we are and we have one another." |
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