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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 does the Editor argue prisoners in concentration camps were lacking?

2. What does the Editor say distorts the story of some Holocaust witnesses?

3. Who does Sara say ignored the women at the camp?

4. What does Sara say the women at the camp could not process?

5. What does Sara say sirens sounding meant in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Sara and her friends discover it would be dangerous to stay in the haystacks in Chapter 39?

2. Why did the sirens sound in Auschwitz the fall of 1944?

3. Where did the Auschwitz prisoners go to after the march?

4. Why did the women's digestive systems rebel against the food from the Red Cross?

5. What did Sara do on April 30 1945 when the SS decided to evacuate them?

6. What tradition did Sara write in according to the editor?

7. What did Dr. Koenig and the SS men want when they arrived at the infirmary?

8. What destination did Sara's transport reach in Chapter 37?

9. What threat did Sara say the Russians used against the Germans in Chapter 31?

10. Who appeared before Sara when the women were singing one day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

In January 1945, those imprisoned at Auschwitz were forced on a death march to Ravensbruck, a concentration camp located in Eastern Germany. Those who could not keep up or were ill were shot. Examine the significance and purpose of the death march, using the text and secondary sources to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Mengele brought a gypsy boy into the infirmary, dressed elaborately and made him sing and dance. Mengele continued to parade him around the camp for the summer, but when fall came, the gypsy camp was killed and Mengele was said to have pushed the boy into the chamber himself. Students should describe who the gypsies were, why they were called gypsies, why they in concentration camps despite being Aryan, and discuss the gypsy family camp. Students should use the text and secondary sources to support their discussion of the gypsies.

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