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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like when Daniel and his father are riding in an open boxcar?

2. What happens to the rebels at Auschwitz?

3. What does Daniel feel when he witnessed the bodies being burned in the pit?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the Nazis blow up the crematoria?

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

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

5. Why is Father such an important character in chapter 12 ?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways does Daniel change throughout his life in Germany during Hitler's reign of terror? Use the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How does the condition of Daniel's photos represents how the family longs for what they have lost? Use the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Describe how after Kristallnacht life became harder for Daniel's family. How does this change and shape the rest of the story? Use the text to support your answer.

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