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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hannah bang her head on when she awakens?
(a) The shelf below her.
(b) The shelf above her.
(c) The door.
(d) Gitl's head.

2. Who emigrated to Israel after surviving the concentration camps?
(a) Rachel and Esther.
(b) Esther and Chaya.
(c) Gitl and Esther.
(d) Gitl and Yitchak.

3. Who is bribed to leave the barracks door unlocked?
(a) The woman in the blue dress.
(b) Dr. Mengele.
(c) The Commandant.
(d) A guard.

4. Who started an organization that helped camp survivors to cope and to locate whoever remained alive in their families after the Holocaust?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Ester.
(c) Yitchak.
(d) Gitl.

5. Who is considered the Angel of Auschwitz?
(a) Dr. Schem.
(b) Dr. Mengele.
(c) Dr. Schume.
(d) Dr. Svea.

6. What does Gitl give Hannah for a birthday present?
(a) A blue scarf.
(b) Blue shoes.
(c) Red shoes.
(d) A red scarf.

7. Why does Eva tell Hannah the rest of her life story later when they are alone?
(a) Because Eva couldn't handle telling anyone else.
(b) Because Hannah wanted to hear it in private.
(c) Because nobody else wanted to hear it.
(d) Because nobody else would believe it.

8. What best describes the Commandant?
(a) Tall, muscular, loud.
(b) Tall, handsome, quiet.
(c) Small, muscular, loud.
(d) Small, handsome, quiet.

9. What was Eva's name before moving to America?
(a) Gitl.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Esther.
(d) Rivka.

10. What does Hannah ask Rivka about involving a Choosing?
(a) Has Rivka ever been chosen.
(b) Who performs a Choosing.
(c) What a Choosing is.
(d) Why a Choosing happens.

11. Whom does Hannah feel the officer looking at the prisoners reminds her of?
(a) Mr. Unsward.
(b) Mr. Joe.
(c) Mr. Svea.
(d) Mr. Bradley.

12. Where are the women and children taken for one hour at night?
(a) An open area.
(b) The showers.
(c) A gas chamber.
(d) The bathrooms.

13. Why is Hannah told not to touch Tzipporah?
(a) Tzipporah is contagious.
(b) Tzipporah is upset.
(c) Tzipporah doesn't like being touched.
(d) Tzipporah is dead.

14. Who gives Hannah a metal bowl for food, washing and drinking?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Gitl.
(c) Esther.
(d) Rivka.

15. What does Hannah whisper to an old man?
(a) That she is scared.
(b) That she is home.
(c) That nobody is coming.
(d) The Elijah is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hannah awaken to that she first believes to be a clock radio?

2. Who says they have been too easy on everyone?

3. What will happen to the women if they do not work hard?

4. Who gives Hannah a bowl to of water to wash her clothes with?

5. What does the guard who enters the women's barracks in the morning tell them to do?

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