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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. What is Lale's relationship with the Romany men?
(a) He works with them every day.
(b) He does not connect very well with them.
(c) He is very close to them.
(d) He admires their way with women.

2. Which of the following is NOT a result of more and more people coming into camp?
(a) Quarrels erupt because the longest-term prisoners get perks.
(b) Disputes occur over lack of respect for new arrivals.
(c) Turf wars increase between nationalities.
(d) Food rations are increased so that workers can build crematoriums faster.

3. Why do the men in Lale's new block assignment help him after Lale has been beaten?
(a) Because Jakub has threatened the men with injury if they do not help Lale.
(b) Because Lale had once given one of the men some extra rations.
(c) Because Lale promises to pay them for their help.
(d) Because Gita has bribed the men to help Lale.

4. What causes the explosions at the camp?
(a) A bomb was dropped from an Allied plane.
(b) The Russian army advanced and blew it up.
(c) A faulty gas canister.
(d) A plot by the prisoners to blow up the crematorium.

5. Why do two boys appear at Lale's block in the middle of the night?
(a) The boys want to rob Lale and get the jewelry and money under his mattress.
(b) The boys want to bribe Lale to get them out of camp.
(c) The boys want Lale to help their friend.
(d) The boys want to beat up Lale for being a collaborator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the girls who agree to provide entertainment for the Russian officers get in return?

2. What animal does Baretski think Lale may be like?

3. What does Lale give to the surviving children after the guards have shot the people in the courtyard?

4. Why can Cilka not get pregnant?

5. What does Lale tell Victor and Yuri that he is going to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Lale is released from Block 11 and put with a new group of men in Block 31, what job does he do?

2. How does Lale escape from the Russian chalet?

3. What is Dana's fate?

4. What happens to the Romany people who live in the block with Lale?

5. How does the explosion at the crematorium happen?

6. What does Lale say about Gita's faith?

7. At the beginning of 1945, what are small signs of hope that the tide of the war is turning?

8. What is Lale's job before he volunteers to go to the Germans to protect his family?

9. What happens to Leon?

10. What does Lale do for Mendel Bauer?

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