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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the speech reprinted in the newspaper in Chapter 33 addressed to?
(a) German civilians.
(b) Russian soldiers.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) German soldiers.

2. What did the rabbis start to sing according to Sara?
(a) The Kol Nidrei.
(b) The Songs of Ascents.
(c) The Lekha Dodi.
(d) The Masoretes.

3. What does Sara say the women at the camp could not process?
(a) Water.
(b) Protein.
(c) Fats and sugar.
(d) Thoughts of their freedom.

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

5. What were the prisoners receiving according to Sara in Chapter 31?
(a) Packages of food.
(b) New clothes.
(c) More water.
(d) Showers.

6. What did Orli say the Germans would destroy?
(a) Witnesses to their crimes.
(b) The camp.
(c) The Russian Army.
(d) All the documents.

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

8. Who told Sara and her group that they would soon receive Red Cross food?
(a) Mrs. Helena.
(b) Wierka.
(c) Orli.
(d) Mila.

9. What country did Sara return to in 1945?
(a) USSR.
(b) Slovakia.
(c) People's Poland.
(d) Russia.

10. How were Mala and her boyfriend returned?
(a) Unharmed.
(b) They were not returned.
(c) Terribly beaten.
(d) Dead.

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

12. What did Sara and the others not have to do at the new camp?
(a) Work.
(b) Burn bodies.
(c) Clean.
(d) Have roll call.

13. What did Sara say the prisoners started singing at midnight on New Years Eve 1944?
(a) The Internationale.
(b) Yiddish songs.
(c) Christmas songs.
(d) Russian songs.

14. How were the rabbis dressed in Chapter 27?
(a) In ceremonial garb.
(b) They were naked.
(c) In rags.
(d) In German uniforms.

15. What did the Russian soldiers find for Sara and her group?
(a) A goat.
(b) A pig.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Editor say Sara displays a particular interest in as a method of expression?

2. What does Sara say filled the open space of the camp the previous New Year?

3. When were Mala and her boyfriend caught after their escape?

4. What did Sara do during the evacuation of her camp?

5. Who does Sara say was celebrating the 1945 New Year?

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