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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. During winter, how many prisoners died?
(a) 6 out of 10.
(b) 8 out of 10.
(c) 7 out of 10.
(d) 5 out of 10.

2. What was Alfred L. paid for cleaning the Polish workers' pots?
(a) Extra shirt once a month.
(b) Half a ration of bread daily.
(c) Half a ladleful of soup daily.
(d) Shoes once a month.

3. In Chapter 12, how sturdy were the air-raid shelters and walls that were erected?
(a) Like a hut.
(b) Like a cement wall.
(c) Like sand castles.
(d) Like twigs.

4. How much did the phenylbeta sacks weigh?
(a) 75 pounds.
(b) 125 pounds.
(c) 150 pounds.
(d) 95 pounds.

5. How old was Alred L.?
(a) About 50.
(b) 39.
(c) About 40.
(d) 58.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, how many days had the crematorium chimney been smoking?

2. In Chapter 12, how long had Levi been in the camp?

3. What was in the soup in Chapter 11?

4. In Chapter 11, how many prisoners were scraping and cleaning the inside of a petrol tank?

5. In Chapter 17, how long had the French provincials in the Ka-Be with Levi been in the camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Levi smuggle a broom into the Lager?

2. In Chapter 14, what did Levi believe would be positive happiness?

3. In Chapter 13, what did the coming of winter mean?

4. In Chapter 12, what news did the prisoners hear and how did it make them feel?

5. Who were most of the non-Jewish Prominents?

6. What was "Operation File"?

7. Why would the Poles keep the knowledge that a selection was imminent to themselves?

8. Why did Levi live through the great selection of October 1944 with tranquility?

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

10. Why was it better to be beaten than to work to exhaustion?

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