132 pages 4 hours read

Ruth Minsky Sender

The Cage

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

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Exam Answer Key

Multiple Choice

1. B (Chapter 1)

2. D (Chapter 6)

3. A (Chapter 10)

4. A (Chapter 12)

5. C (Chapter 13)

6. D (Chapter 19)

7. A (Chapter 23)

8. D (Chapter 25)

9. A (Chapter 29)

10. C (Chapter 30)

11. C (Chapter 34)

12. B (Chapter 36)

13. A (Chapter 41)

14. D (Chapter 42)

15. D (Various chapters)

Long Answer

1. The “new green grass” of the springtime sets the early mood, in terms of noting a pattern of thawing “the earth that was cold and frozen all winter” to invite “new life” that can reach “toward the sun” (5). Nature’s harsh winters seem to hurt Riva and her family, no matter where they go. The cold causes pain, injury, and death in the ghetto and in the labor camps. No matter the season, and no matter where Riva is, the sun seems to shine down, as if unaware of the suffering that those below it feel.