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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 is the Russian Army known as?

2. Madame Rosen's orphanage is located outside of __________.

3. Where does Leslie get information about the concentration camps?

4. At Auschwitz, Natalie was put to work in a factory disassembling what?

5. What is Natalie told Louis died of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rhoda ask Pug for a divorce?

2. How does Mutterperl die, leaving Berel alone to escape?

3. What does General Yevlenko tell Pug about what has happened in Leningrad?

4. What ordeal does Natalie go through before she learns that Louis is not dead?

5. Why does Rhoda disagree with Pug about helping to get Natalie out of Europe?

6. What is Theresienstadt and how does it allow the Germans to fool the rest of the world?

7. How are Slote's request to help the Jews received by the State Department?

8. Why does a doctor Aaron meets compare Nazi Germany to the Ku Klux Klan?

9. What does Madeline reveal about their parents' marriage in the letter she writes to Byron?

10. What happens when Aaron and Natalie meet with Eichmann during their stay at Theresienstadt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Was the reunion of Byron and Natalie satisfying to the reader? Why or why not? Why do you think Wouk depicted it this way?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how World War II plays a central role in the story, more than just a backdrop or a mere setting, but rather as equally important as any character in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Wouk fuses fact with fiction throughout the novel. How does Wouk blend the military and historical details to enhance and deepen the impact of the story?

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