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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 was the only money in Chapter 3?

2. How long was the author in Ka-Be for the wound on his foot?

3. In Chapter 6, how many times a night did Resynk get up?

4. How many pounds were the wooden sleepers?

5. How long did the prisoners get for lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Levi learn about the numbers that were tattooed on every prisoner?

2. What was Mahorca?

3. Who was the translator in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 7, what made Levi understand why men worshipped the sun?

5. In Chapter 2, where were Levi and the others taken first?

6. Who were the Jew of Salonika?

7. How did Levi describe the journey on the train to Poland?

8. Later, what did Levi learn about the fate of the men and women who traveled with him?

9. Who was old Gattegno and his family?

10. What was Ka-Be?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 4, Levi described a man called Null Achtzehn. What that the man's real name? Did anyone, including the man, know his name? How old was Null? Why was being young a danger? Why were the young at more risk than adults? In what ways was Null indifferent? In what way was he different from a draught horse? Why would no one work with him? What happened to Levi that showed the dangers of working with Null?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 14, the prisoners often found something good in even the very bad. If it was rainy, what might the prisoners be glad about? How did infinitesimal things keep prisoners from despair? If it really got bad, what did they always feel that they could resort to? Were the prisoners more optimists or pessimists?

Essay Topic 3

Levi spent twenty days in the infirmary. Why did Levi spend time in the infirmary? What was the process for being admitted? What was the examination process like? Was it possible to fool the doctors or nurses? How effective was the infirmary for the sick?

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