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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 in written on the sign over the entrance to Auschwitz?

2. Why does Karen want to go to Palestine?

3. What is the name of the movement started by Herzl?

4. What does Dov do upon his arrival at Auschwitz that saves his life?

5. What job does Kitty hold at the camp where Karen and the other children live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the fate of Dafna?

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

3. After twenty years, the Rabinsky brothers see no change in their new home. What is reason the farms fail?

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

5. What does Sutherland say about the ability to frighten residents of the camp into submission?

6. What was the expectation when the Arabs sold land to the Jews and what was reality?

7. David, one of the adults aboard the Exodus, is asked whether they should give in to demands and return the children to port. What is his reply?

8. What two things make Dov determined to go on after his capture from the Warsaw ghetto?

9. How do Jakov and Jossi escape when they are cornered by a group of students intent on beating them up?

10. Describe the significance of the row of toilets in the concentration camp where the Orthodox Jews are being held.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the concentration camps as seen by David as he tries to figure out how to get 300 people out of them.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What is it that finally brings Kitty and Jordana to a truce? Describe their emerging relationship.

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