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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who carries out roll call at the beginning of Chapter 20?
(a) Edelstein.
(b) Lichtenstern.
(c) Krizkova.
(d) Tomasek.

2. In Chapter 17, how many people from the September group are transferred to the guarantine camp?
(a) Nearly 4,000.
(b) About 5,500.
(c) 4,300.
(d) 5,900.

3. How old was Dita when the author contacted her in the Postscript?
(a) 80.
(b) 81.
(c) 79.
(d) 78.

4. Who agrees to escape with Viktor?
(a) Lichtenstein.
(b) Lederer.
(c) Tomasek.
(d) Rudi.

5. What is Margit wearing on her head when she and Dita are reunited in Chapter 29?
(a) Old felt hat.
(b) Red kerchief.
(c) White kerchief.
(d) Old silk scarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Elisabeth Volkenrath executed?

2. How many people from the September transport does Rudi think will be left behind in the family camp in Chapter 18?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 30, what are the prisoners given to eat for an entire day?

4. How old is Ota Keller in Chapter 16?

5. What does Dita call the library in the family block in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Schmulewski want to start an uprising and why?

2. In Chapter 28, what factories does Dita remember that she and her mother worked in when they were in Hamburg?

3. What is something that Mengele is celebrated for in Chapter 21?

4. What happens when Dita reads at the end of Chapter 20?

5. In May of 1944, how many more prisoners arrive in Auschwitz?

6. What happens to Viktor Pestek?

7. In Chapter 30, what were the British soldiers expecting when they freed Bergen-Belsen?

8. In Chapter 22, what do the prisoners have to observe and why?

9. What is heard by Dita and others the night the September prisoners are killed?

10. In Ota's book, The Painted Wall, what is said about Hirsch's death?

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