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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. Where are Daniel and his father going after being in Auschwitz for three months?
(a) France.
(b) Lodz.
(c) Poland.
(d) Germany.

2. At Auschwitz, what kind of music played as people go to work or to their deaths?
(a) Happy marching songs.
(b) Birthday tunes.
(c) Graduation marching songs
(d) Funeral marching songs.

3. Whom does Daniel look for in Lodz?
(a) Peter.
(b) Rosa.
(c) Erika.
(d) Freidrich.

4. According to Rosa, where is Erika?
(a) Erika died in Frankfurt.
(b) Erika died in Waldenburg.
(c) Erika lived in Lodz.
(d) Erika lived in Berlin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During his march back to the barracks from work, what does Daniel tell his father?

2. When Daniel is running an errand to get chemicals, what act horrifies him?

3. During Daniel's third time on a train, and what does he say he feels?

4. What does Father tell Daniel he will do for Peter at the end of the book?

5. What are the prisoners at Auschwitz forced to wear?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the Nazis blow up the crematoria?

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

4. What convinces Daniel that his mother is dead?

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

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

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

8. What is the significance of the author showing the reader how the Germans live?

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

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

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