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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. Who does Sara say Eva belonged to in Chapter 7?
2. When was Odette brought to the camp in Chapter 16?
3. What did the women on Sara's block receive on their trip?
4. Who built the woman's camp at Auschwitz according to Sara?
5. How did Sara say one of the midgets died?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened when Sara was in the infirmary in Chapter 8?
2. What was the worst time of Auschwitz according to Sara in Chapter 19?
3. What did Sara say of the family of midgets brought to Auschwitz?
4. What did Sara say of the process of selection when new people arrived in Auschwitz?
5. What did Sara think was naive after living in isolation for two months?
6. How did Sara differentiate between group of Jews present in Auschwitz?
7. When did Sara say that no modesty was permitted in Auschwitz?
8. What did Sara say hurt her most of all in Chapter 1?
9. Who was Karola and what happened to her son?
10. Who was Sonia and why was she saddened?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In "Auschwitz: True Tales from a Grotesque Land", Sara examines different types of communists by introducing people who held such beliefs, such as Erika Schneider. Define what it meant meant to be a communist and analyze whether Nazi's fit into this definition. Students should compare different characters in their analysis and use the text and secondary sources to support their conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Irena, an actress from Poland, encouraged the women to try to get some joy out of life and organized dances for the women in Auschwitz. Discuss the ways women spent their time if they were not working under forced labor and compare this to the way in which men spent their time. Use the text and secondary sources to support your discussion.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the focus on the differences between Jewish prisoners who were from different countries and examine why they had the differing views and why they disliked each other. Use the text and outside sources to support your conclusions.
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