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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 does Daniel feel he has to do to make sure he is free?
(a) Kill an SS Nazi.
(b) Eat real food.
(c) Walk through the gates of the camp.
(d) Take a shower.

2. In their new barracks at Auschwitz, Daniel and his father must sleep on what?
(a) On blankets.
(b) On the floor.
(c) On wooden planks.
(d) A bed with 10 others.

3. What are the prisoners at Auschwitz forced to wear?
(a) Orange jumpsuits.
(b) Striped pajamas and clogs.
(c) Black jumpsuits.
(d) Gowns.

4. At the end of Chapter 16, what does Daniel vow to do?
(a) Go to Palestine.
(b) Find Mother and Erika.
(c) Remember.
(d) Fight.

5. While playing in the band at Auschwitz, what does Erika do the first time she sees Daniel?
(a) Shouts.
(b) Plays extra notes.
(c) Cries.
(d) Runs to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Father develop a good bartering system with at their new camp?

2. What does Karl have that Daniel wants?

3. Who is Daniel's first client shortly after he begins his new work detail?

4. Once Daniel and his father are assigned to barracks, what does he sleep on?

5. What does Erika tell Daniel when they meet at the fence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is it necessary for the kapo in charge of Daniel's group to be so cruel?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why was Buchenwald a good place for the Germans?

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