I Have Lived a Thousand Years

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. As Bubi describes in Chapter 1, what does he see in Budapest that causes him to immediately purchase a ticket home?

A) German tanks and the swastika flag.

B) Hitler’s special police, running amok.

C) A letter from a Jewish mystic that warns of bad things to come.

D) A makeshift Nazi headquarters.

2. Ahead of the Nazi raid of their village, where does Bitton-Jackson’s father bury the family’s most precious jewelry?

A) In the synagogue yard

B) In their neighbor’s flowerbed

C) In the cellar

D) In the local graveyard

3. Before leaving their village in Chapter 5, Laura gets special permission to do what task before they go?

A) To visit her sister in the hospital, who cannot be moved

B) To visit her old schoolyard, one last time

C) To visit her parents’ graves

D) To visit the local bakery

4. Bitton-Jackson helped Mrs. Kálmán’s daughter (Márta) with what subjects in school?

A) German and history

B) German and math

C) Math and biology

D) Math and social studies

5. In Chapter 10, Serena panics on the night before the Jews are forced to leave the ghetto. She has an outburst and begins breaking which of the following items?

A) Eggs

B) Windows

C) Mirrors

D) Fine China and crystal

6. When Celia gives Laura a clump of black ration bread in Chapter 14, causing Laura to vomit, how does Suri respond?