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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 job does Gita perform where she works?

2. What does Lale think of when he sees the dead flower by his bed?

3. What does Lale do to commemorate the day he met Dr. Mengele?

4. What was Pepan's former occupation?

5. How is Cilka different from other women prisoners?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the man in the white coat and why is Lale afraid of him?

2. Why does Lale warn the soccer team that they cannot win the game?

3. What happens to the prisoners that Lale sees loaded onto the bus shortly after he arrives at the camp?

4. What is the motto on the gates of Auschwitz and how is it ironic?

5. What group of people move into Lale's private block and why are they there?

6. What happens to Cilka?

7. How do Gita's cellmates keep her alive when she is ill?

8. Why did Lale volunteer to go to the Germans?

9. Why is the building that many of the girls work called Canada?

10. What is Lale's final act of rebellion upon arriving at the camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of Dana in Gita's life, and give three examples of how Dana's actions helped prolong Gita's life.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Lale's survival instinct. Give five examples of actions he took to survive

Essay Topic 3

What is Auschwitz? Describe the camp and its purpose by giving at least three examples of activities that occurred there.

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