Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Part 1, Chapters 1-11

Reading Check

1. What does Chaya smuggle out of the Tarnow Ghetto?

2. What is the name of the organization carrying out resistance work that Chaya becomes a part of?

3. Who replaces Meriam in Chaya’s cell?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. When and why is Chaya separated from her family?

2. What does Chaya’s work as a courier involve?

Paired Resource

“The Female Couriers During the Holocaust”

• An article on the Yad Vashem website (the World Holocaust Remembrance Center) detailing how the courier system sprung up during the Holocaust, and the dangers risked by the young girls who carried out the work
• Connects to themes of Varying Responses to Oppression and The Interplay of Community and Heroism During Wartime
• Teacher-appropriate (not student-facing)

Part 2, Chapters 12-20

Reading Check

1. What, according to Esther, is the mission Chaya and she must embark on?

2. Who helps Chaya and Esther escape the train?

3. What is a szmalcownik?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why do the women inside Lodz attack Esther?

2.