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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 do the resistance at Auschwitz want Daniel to do for them?
(a) Hide.
(b) Build bombs.
(c) Work.
(d) Take pictures.

2. What does Daniel say to Rosa at the park?
(a) He tells her about Peter.
(b) He asks her to marry him.
(c) He asks her about Erika.
(d) He tells her about Auschwitz and Mother.

3. What does Daniel want to tell those just arriving at the Auschwitz camp?
(a) Warn them of their deaths.
(b) Save yourselves!
(c) Fight!
(d) Run!

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

5. Where is Daniel and his father marched to next as the Russians approach Auschwitz?
(a) Frankfurt.
(b) Lodz.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Buchenwald.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Daniel and his father are moved to regular camp, what shocks them?

2. Who is Karl?

3. What does Daniel say crawled all over his blanket?

4. While in quarantine a second time, whom does Daniel tell his stories?

5. After Daniel arrives at Auschwitz, what does he hope people who find his hidden photo album will do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the role of Karl in the story?

2. In what ways are the Germans confused about their future plans?

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

4. What does the train ride symbolize in chapter thirteen?

5. Why does Adam talk about the horrors of Auschwitz in a matter of fact tone?

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

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

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

9. How does Adam's death prove that he lived only for revenge?

10. How do the Germans successfully dehumanize the Jews?

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