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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. By Chapter 16, how many hangings had Levi seen?
(a) 17.
(b) 13.
(c) 20.
(d) 8.

2. How long could a prisoner survive if he obeyed orders, ate only the ration, and observed the discipline of the work and the camp?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 40 days.

3. In Chapter 17, how many days did Levi believe he had the right to stay in the infirmary?
(a) 35.
(b) 40.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

4. How many bricks could Elias Lindzen carry balanced on his head?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

5. In Chapter 16, which block was short on brooms?
(a) 44.
(b) 51.
(c) 39.
(d) 24.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Schepschel steal occasionally in Buna?

2. How much did Levi and the others have to pay to have a zinc-pot made?

3. When did the bombardments of Upper Silesia begin?

4. In Chapter 15, how many prisoners arrived in the Lager from the Lodz ghetto?

5. Where was Kraus Pali from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jean make himself indispensable to Alex in Chapter 11?

2. What did Jean and Levi discuss on the way to get the ration in Chapter 11?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 15, how many remain from Levi's convoy?

4. In Chapter 12, when and from where did convoys begin to arrive?

5. Who was the head of the Chemical Kommando?

6. Where would the prisoners go when the bombardments rained down on the camp?

7. Why was a man hung in Chapter 15?

8. Who was selected to work in the laboratory in Chapter 15?

9. In Chapter 16, why did Alberto and Levi need a zinc-pot, and where did they get one from?

10. Why was it highly unlikely that Levi or his comrades would be able to pass the examination to get into the Chemical Kommando?

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