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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose planes were bombing Auschwitz more frequently in the end of 1944 according to Sara in Chapter 31?
(a) England.
(b) U.S.A.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

2. How does the Editor qualify Sara's memories?
(a) Accurate.
(b) Good.
(c) Disturbing.
(d) Simple.

3. What newspaper did Orli give Sara and her friends?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) Goebbels.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The Pravda.

4. What did the SS refuse to let the prisoners read according to Sara?
(a) Books in Yiddish.
(b) Leaflets telling them of their impending death.
(c) Leaflets telling them of their impending liberation.
(d) American magazines.

5. How was the camp often awakened in April 1945 according to Sara?
(a) By SS soldiers.
(b) By bombing sirens.
(c) By Russian soldiers.
(d) By U.S soldiers.

6. Whose speech was printed in the news paper Orli gave Sara and the others?
(a) Stalin's.
(b) Ilya Ehrenburg's.
(c) Goebbel's.
(d) Hitler's.

7. What camp was Sara relocated to after Auschwitz?
(a) Treblinka.
(b) Bukenvald.
(c) Ravensbruck.
(d) Rostock

8. What were the infirmary workers forced to do in Chapter 26?
(a) Kill Mala with an injection.
(b) Save Mala's life.
(c) Experiment on Mala.
(d) Kill Mala's boyfriend with an injection.

9. How long did Mala resist torture at the hands of the SS?
(a) For weeks.
(b) For a few minutes.
(c) For days.
(d) For hours.

10. Where was Mala's boyfriend's corpse hung?
(a) On the gate.
(b) Near his block.
(c) In Sara's block.
(d) Next to the woman's camp.

11. How many rabbis does Sara say were brought into the camp in Chapter 27?
(a) 250.
(b) 150.
(c) 160.
(d) 100.

12. What awoke the infirmary workers two weeks after the New Year?
(a) Screams and shouting.
(b) Sound of rifle butts banging at the gate.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Bombs and gunfire.

13. How many girls from Krakow did Mrs. Helena say were killed by Mengele in Chapter 29?
(a) 459.
(b) 356.
(c) 156.
(d) 25.

14. What does the editor claim the Holocaust did for Western civilization?
(a) Taught empathy.
(b) Raised questions.
(c) Forced them to accept others.
(d) Taught restraint.

15. What did the speech reprinted in the newspaper in Chapter 33 say to resist?
(a) Fear of the Germans.
(b) Fear of death.
(c) Vengeance.
(d) Pity for the Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sara notice about the Rostock military airport in Chapter 37?

2. How does the Editor qualify Sara's stories?

3. What did the rabbis start to sing according to Sara?

4. What does the editor claim the Holocaust represents for the Jewish people?

5. What did the Russian soldiers find for Sara and her group?

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