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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the German lesbian prisoner Sara mentioned in Chapter 23?

2. What did the doctor ask Sara after treating her?

3. Why was Orli Reichert imprisoned?

4. Who did Cyla claim to have put in the gas chamber?

5. What did Sara say was terrible in her block?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the bodies of those who committed suicide according to Sarah?

2. Who was Sonia and why was she saddened?

3. What did Sarah say Mengele had the gypsy boy do in Chapter 21?

4. What happened when Sara was in the infirmary in Chapter 8?

5. Why does Erika dislike Orli Reichert according to Sara in Chapter 11?

6. How does Sara describe Erika Schneider in Chapter 12?

7. What did Sara think was naive after living in isolation for two months?

8. How did Cyla change after her time with Taube?

9. What did Mengele tell Sara to do with Natasha and why?

10. Who was Lisette and why did she stop smiling in the summer of 1944?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to the editor of "Auschwitz: True Tales from a Grotesque Land", Sara wrote the book in the tradition of a Yiddish folktale, as her stories were told, but also stimulated the reader to think about complex issues. Students should read a Yiddish folktale and compare it with Sara's writing and discuss the similarities and differences between the two in terms of style, form, and other aspects of writing. Students should determine whether her writing fits into the tradition of a Yiddish folktale and support their conclusion with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Much of our knowledge about the Holocaust, including the experience of Ravensbruck, came from the women who inmates who drew pictures or wrote on scraps of paper of their experiences. Women documented their experiences at extreme personal risk. Discuss the significance of their actions on our knowledge of the camp and their experience with that of the staged photos by the SS to deceive the Red Cross. Use the text and secondary sources to support your discussion of the documentation of personal experience.

Essay Topic 3

One day, one hundred rabbis were brought to Auschwitz and were dressed in ceremonial garbs. They spread out into a circle and danced, then started to sing a prayer, known as the Kol Nidrei. Students should discuss the significance of their actions and analyze why Sara decided to include the rabbis in her book.

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