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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 happens to the rebels at Auschwitz?
(a) They are killed and captured.
(b) They are all killed.
(c) They are imprisoned.
(d) They escape.

2. What happens to Adam after the uprising?
(a) He is killed.
(b) He escapes.
(c) He continues to work in fear.
(d) He is imprisoned.

3. What do the American soldiers give Daniel and other Jewish prisoners?
(a) Gum, chocolate, and cigarettes.
(b) Money.
(c) Hope.
(d) Food.

4. Who is Karl?
(a) A Ukrainian Jew.
(b) A German.
(c) A Polish Jew.
(d) A politicial prisoner.

5. What does Daniel remember about the children from the medical facilities at his new camp?
(a) They are used for experiments.
(b) They are used for forced labor.
(c) They are used for target practice.
(d) They are starved to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotions go through Daniel as he witnesses the horrific act while getting chemicals?

2. What does Karl give Daniel on his 18th birthday?

3. How does Adam talk about the horrors he's seen at Auschwitz?

4. What does Daniel tell Karl after witnessing the incident when he went to get chemicals?

5. What does Daniel and his father do to look healthy at the entrance to Auschwitz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Rosa's words to Daniel about how to carry on?

2. Why does Daniel need to see Erika a day after Adam's death?

3. How does the author use the train ride to symbolize how the treatment of Jews have further declined?

4. What is the difference between the Americans and the civilians of the Buchenwald in chapter fifteen?

5. How does Daniel's access to a radio symbolize his hope returning?

6. What is the significance of Daniel telling Adam, "Anything is better than sitting here like a helpless rabbit."?

7. When Daniel attempts to get revenge, why doesn't he feel good?

8. How does Passover provide hope for the Jewish people?

9. Why does Daniel's father weep when he learns that Erika is alive?

10. How do the photographs illustrate the declining conditions for the Jews?

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