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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country did Sara return to in 1945?
(a) People's Poland.
(b) Slovakia.
(c) Russia.
(d) USSR.

2. What did Sara find on the road she was traveling on?
(a) Fleeing Germans.
(b) Dead children.
(c) Russian soldiers.
(d) Other prisoners that escaped.

3. What does the Editor say some prisoners did with their value system?
(a) They tried to force it upon others.
(b) They adjusted it to the camp life.
(c) They forgot it.
(d) They hold on to it.

4. What does the Editor say Sara displays a particular interest in as a method of expression?
(a) Fear.
(b) Events.
(c) Characters.
(d) The infirmary.

5. What does Sara say many believed about the world after the defeat of the Germans?
(a) It would begin anew.
(b) It would come to an end.
(c) Zion would be theirs.
(d) They would not live to see it.

6. When did the SS decide to evacuate the camp Sara was at in early 1945?
(a) April 20.
(b) April 1.
(c) April 30.
(d) April 10.

7. What did the Russian soldiers find for Sara and her group?
(a) A goat.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A cow.
(d) A pig.

8. How long did Mala resist torture at the hands of the SS?
(a) For a few minutes.
(b) For weeks.
(c) For days.
(d) For hours.

9. What does Sara say the women at the camp could not process?
(a) Water.
(b) Thoughts of their freedom.
(c) Protein.
(d) Fats and sugar.

10. Who did Mengele bring to the infirmary in November according to Sara in Chapter 31?
(a) Old and infirm women.
(b) Children.
(c) Old men.
(d) Young women.

11. What did the camp Sara was relocated to at Rostock have?
(a) Mices.
(b) Rats.
(c) Bats.
(d) Lice.

12. What did Sara say the prisoners started singing at midnight on New Years Eve 1944?
(a) The Internationale.
(b) Yiddish songs.
(c) Christmas songs.
(d) Russian songs.

13. What did Sara notice about the Rostock military airport in Chapter 37?
(a) It had underground hangars.
(b) It was full of fleeing Germans.
(c) It was empty.
(d) It was full of new jet fighters.

14. What does the Editor say distorts the story of some Holocaust witnesses?
(a) The survivors guilt.
(b) Their young age at the time.
(c) Their old age.
(d) The psychological trauma.

15. What news did Hans bring to Auschwitz?
(a) The Red Army crossed into Prussia.
(b) The bombing of Dresden.
(c) The capitulation of Germany.
(d) The American landing in Normandy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What style does Sara use to tell her story according to the Editor?

2. When were Mala and her boyfriend caught after their escape?

3. What does the editor claim the Holocaust represents for the Jewish people?

4. How many rabbis does Sara say were brought into the camp in Chapter 27?

5. What does the Editor argue Sara tried to do in writing her story?

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