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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Lale lost his faith?
(a) Because he believes the Nazis are right.
(b) Because he cannot understand how a merciful God would let such terrible things happen each and every day.
(c) Because he has not been rescued from the camp.
(d) Because he and Gita cannot be together all the time.

2. Who does Lale ask to help him get Mendel on a transport?
(a) Bella.
(b) Gita.
(c) Baretski.
(d) Dana.

3. One girl other than Cilka has been allowed to have long hair. What color is it?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Brown.

4. What is Lale's sister's last name?
(a) Sokolav.
(b) Manfred.
(c) Rudolph.
(d) Yannet.

5. What does Lale tell Victor and Yuri that he is going to do?
(a) Lale is going to need three times as much food as before.
(b) Lale is going to want a dozen pair of nylons.
(c) Lale is going to scale back his business.
(d) Lale is going to stop paying them.

6. What is the name of the man who gives Lale money every morning so he can find entertainment?
(a) Hobart.
(b) Friedrich.
(c) Albert.
(d) Adolph.

7. Which of Gita's friends says she prefers dying in a field in Poland with her friends than going any further?
(a) Bella.
(b) Dana.
(c) Ivana.
(d) Cilka.

8. Who do the Romany men interact with most?
(a) Other Romany men.
(b) The young women.
(c) The children.
(d) The older women.

9. What phrase does Lale recite as he helps pile up the dead bodies after the airplane flies overhead and the guards open fire on the yard?
(a) "I curse the Nazis and all they stand for."
(b) "Gita must live."
(c) "May his name be magnified and made holy."
(d) "No matter how hard I try, I can' survive this."

10. Why does the kapo of Gita's block not harass Lale?
(a) Because the kapo has a crush on Lale.
(b) Because the kapo is friendly with Gita.
(c) Because Baretski has told her not to interfere in Lale and Gita's relationship.
(d) Because the kapo does not care what happens in her block.

11. Instead of telling Gita about what he sees in the crematorium, what does Lale tell her?
(a) "Out of the frying pan, into the fire."
(b) "I must have nine lives."
(c) "I'll tell you about it when we get out of here."
(d) "I took another step into the abyss but got to step back out of it."

12. In what city do Lale and Gita take up permanent residence?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Vienna, Austria.
(c) Rome, Italy.
(d) Melbourne, Australia.

13. Who is Lale warned to beware of?
(a) The grandmas in the cafe.
(b) The Russian security guard at the fence.
(c) The young boys wandering the streets.
(d) The attractive, gay officer.

14. What do many of the prisoners scream when they see a plane flying overhead?
(a) "We are dying here!"
(b) "Shoot the Germans!"
(c) "Drop the bombs!"
(d) "Come save us!"

15. What is Lale not able to admit when he is transferred to Saurer-Werke?
(a) That he can speak multiple languages.
(b) That he is Jewish.
(c) That he is the tattooist from Auschwitz-Birkenau.
(d) That he is looking for his girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lale escape from Saurer-Werke?

2. What causes the explosions at the camp?

3. Why do most women in the camp wear scarves on their heads?

4. What does Jakub tell Lale about what he will do to him?

5. What did the female prisoners do to make the bomb?

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