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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 reason did some girls give why Taube chose Cyla?
(a) She was a convicted murderer.
(b) She was naturally cruel.
(c) She was not smart.
(d) She was young and could be molded.

2. Where did the midget family come from?
(a) An asylum in Krakow.
(b) A circus in Budapest.
(c) Sara does not say.
(d) A circus in Berlin.

3. What did Sara say was terrible in her block?
(a) The fight for beds.
(b) The weather.
(c) The smell.
(d) The fight for food.

4. What did Sara say people in Auschwitz were drawn into in Chapter 18?
(a) Suicidal thoughts.
(b) Madness.
(c) Despair.
(d) A criminal and amoral logic.

5. What did Dr. Koenig do to Natasha?
(a) Raped her.
(b) Killed her.
(c) Sent her to the gas chamber.
(d) Sent her back to her block.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sara say was working frantically in Chapter 19?

2. What did the women on Sara's block receive on their trip?

3. What was the name of the nurse that treated Sara in Chapter 8?

4. Why does Sara say Lisette remained happy after arriving at Auschwitz?

5. Where was Sara at the start of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Cyla change after her time with Taube?

2. What did Sara say hurt her most of all in Chapter 1?

3. Who was Lisette and why did she stop smiling in the summer of 1944?

4. Who was Odette and why was her body hung near the gate of the camp in Chapter 16?

5. Why did Orli Reichert impress Sara?

6. What did Sara say of the family of midgets brought to Auschwitz?

7. What did Sarah say Mengele had the gypsy boy do in Chapter 21?

8. What did Lisette's husband do in Chapter 15?

9. Why does Erika dislike Orli Reichert according to Sara in Chapter 11?

10. Who was Natasha and what did she say to provoke Mengele?

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