View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the date when all the hospital documents were taken away?

2. Where were the rabbis in Chapter 27 from according to Sara?

3. Whose speech was printed in the news paper Orli gave Sara and the others?

4. What does Sara wonder about a person's death?

5. What did the rabbis start to sing according to Sara?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the copy of Goebbel's newspaper say?

2. What happened on January 18, 1945?

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

4. How did Sara introduce herself?

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

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

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

8. What did Magna believe about dignity as human beings in Chapter 25?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When the SS decided to evacuate them on April 30th, Sara took her chances and stayed behind with others, hiding in the haystacks. They rejoiced to see the Germans flee, much like they did as prisoners in the camp. Students should discuss why they may have chosen to stay behind and determine the reason for staying behind instead of fleeing. Students should use the text to support their discussion.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 828 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample