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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. Why isn't Daniel angry with Adam for what he did?
(a) Because Adam chose his path.
(b) Because Adam stood up for himself.
(c) Because he loved Adam.
(d) Because Adam made him laugh.

2. While Daniel is in quarantine a second time, where does he sleep?
(a) On bunks.
(b) On mats.
(c) In a big room.
(d) On mattresses.

3. What does Karl tell Daniel about the workers at their new camp?
(a) They work slowly and it angers the SS.
(b) They are resistance.
(c) They are busy, quick workers.
(d) They work slowly, but make it seem they are busy.

4. After working at the factory a week, whom does Daniel meet?
(a) Rosa.
(b) Erika.
(c) Mother.
(d) Adam.

5. What happens to Daniel and the others' heads when the barbers shave them at Auschwitz?
(a) They are careful.
(b) They are deloused.
(c) They are cut.
(d) They are happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Father and Daniel learn about rations during their time at Auschwitz?

2. How does Daniel feel when he gives the camera to the kapo?

3. How many hours each day does Daniel work at his new camp?

4. Whom does Daniel talk to about whether or not to join the resistance?

5. What do the resistance at Auschwitz want Daniel to do for them?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the importance of Peter being attacked by the Polish boys even though the war is over?

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

5. What purpose does the model SS father serve for the storyline?

6. What is the significance of Daniel's valuables he keeps in the cupboard?

7. What is the significance of Peter's last words, "Find my family. Tell them. You go to Palestine for me. Remember..." ?

8. What does Rosa's statement that she will leave a note in Daniel's old apartment as to where she is an indication of?

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

10. When Daniel is captured attempting to hide from deportation to Auschwitz, why does he believe the pictures and Erika are right?

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