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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 Alfred L.'s occupation?

2. What was Lorenzo's nationality?

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

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

5. Last spring, how many men lived in two huge tents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was a Pikolo?

2. Who was the head of the Chemical Kommando?

3. Why did Levi compare the camp to an experiment?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 9, Levi described the camp as an experiment. How did the conditions and the people interred in the camp make Levi think of an experiment? Why did he believe the camp embodied controls more stringent than even the most serious experimenter might impose? What did the experiment prove or disprove?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 10, Levi was assigned to the Chemical Kommando. How skilled were the workers in the Kommando? How skilled was the Kapo? What qualification did Levi have that made him suited for work in the Chemical Kommando? How did he demonstrate his suitability for the work?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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