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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. Of what is Horst Von Epp in charge?
(a) Assigning Jews jobs for the Nazis.
(b) Propaganda and press for the Nazis.
(c) The Nazi army occupying Warsaw.
(d) Writing speeches for Hitler.

2. What skill earns Gabriela her job?
(a) Her extensive knowledge of surrounding countries.
(b) The ability to speak several languages.
(c) Nothing. Her father is rich and bribes her way into the position.
(d) Her extensive cooking skills.

3. What are Andrei and Chris debating in Part 1, Chapter 7?
(a) How many soldiers the German army has.
(b) The fate of Poland.
(c) Who loves Gabriela more.
(d) Zionism.

4. Who is Emanuel Goldman?
(a) The labor Zionist leader.
(b) A pianist and member of the Jewish Council.
(c) Director of the American Relief Society
(d) Deborah's brother.

5. What is the general Jewish response to the horrors in Part 2, Chapter 22-24?
(a) Fear and outrage.
(b) Fear and silence.
(c) Increase in suicides.
(d) Multiple organized resistance movements.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Wolf Brandel work?

2. When Chris De Monti introduces the subject of getting someone out of Poland, specifically a woman and children, how does Von Epp respond?

3. Where did Chris attend journalism school?

4. What is Wolf's job in the resistance movement?

5. Who is trying to unify the many Jewish factions in an all out attempt to resist Nazi restrictions in Part 2, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the preparation for the occupation of Warsaw continues, a truce is to be signed. What have the Germans agreed to exchange? What is discovered later about why the Germans even offered this exchange?

2. As preparations continue in Part 1, Chapters 13 & 14 for the occupation of Warsaw, how is Chris affected?

3. How is Gabriela Rak initially described to readers?

4. How does Wolf get caught by the Gestapo, and what is arranged for his release?

5. When Chris returns from covering the war on the eastern front, what does he discover?

6. When Andrei visits Paul Bronski's new office, of what is he trying to convince Paul? In response, about what does Paul try to convince both Andrei and himself?

7. Describe the three-pronged plan Brandel and the other leaders develop in Part 2, Chapter 6.

8. Describe Chris' parents, and his relationship with them as he grew up.

9. What does Rabbi Solomon counsel Alex Brandel to do, and why?

10. When Paul Bronski meets with Andrei in Part 3, Chapter 3, in an effort to neutralize Andrei's militant efforts, what does Bronski offer? How does Andrei respond?

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