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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 say Sara represented in the book?

2. What were the infirmary workers forced to do in Chapter 26?

3. What did the speech reprinted in the newspaper in Chapter 33 say to resist?

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

5. What does Sara say many believed about the world after the defeat of the Germans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Holocaust raise according to the editor?

2. What did an SS man tell Sara and others and what did Sara do in Chapter 36?

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

4. Who was Mrs. Helena and when did she and Sara meet?

5. What was the story Mrs. Helena shared with Sara and the other infirmary workers?

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

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

8. What gave Sara and other infirmary workers a sense of hope as 1944 came to an end?

9. What did the leaflets dropped in Chapter 38 say?

10. What did the one hundred rabbis do upon arrival in Auschwitz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Lisette's husband, Karol, and others developed a plot to blow up the crematorium. Although the SS killed them, they were successful. Students should discuss how blowing up the crematorium affected the plans of the SS at Auschwitz and compare these with other methods of sabotage, uprisings and other events that happened at Auschwitz, such as the uprising at the Gypsy camp. Students should conclude what what most effective and explain their reasoning, offering support from the text.

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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