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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 does Sarah name the son she bears while her husband, Jossi, is in hiding?

2. Who was Kitty's husband?

3. What in written on the sign over the entrance to Auschwitz?

4. Who does Yakov marry?

5. According to Caldwell's twelve-point edict, what should become of the Jewish newspapers and publications?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the exchange between Kitty and Ari when she sees the hog pen at his parent's farm.

2. What is the full quote Mark sees upon his arrival to Cyprus, and where does it come from?

3. Where did Karen Hansen Clement grow up?

4. Who was Andrew Dreyfus and what is the significance of his death for the Jewish community?

5. Who ranks at the top of list of Jews being taken out of Europe under Ari's supervision as the war begins in Germany?

6. What is the fate of Dafna?

7. What are Kamaal's conditions of the sale of land to the Jews?

8. What happened to Kitty following the death of her husband and daughter?

9. What is the official role the British play in preparing the Exodus to sail?

10. How does Karen bring herself into contact with Dov?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Jordana's loss of David, Ari's loss of Dafna and Kitty's loss of her husband. How are they the same? How do the situations differ?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the situation Dov faced at Auschwitz. Were Jews the only group being targeted? What was the ultimate purpose of Auschwitz and the other extermination camps?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the relationship between Yakov and Jossi. How does it change over the course of time?

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