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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. Where do the women lie down on while in the barracks?

2. When Hannah looks behind her in Chapter 19, what does she see?

3. Who drags the dead corpses away after being shot against a firing wall?

4. What is the marking on the door that Hannah stands in front of in "Chapter 19"?

5. Who's hand does Hannah see is bandaged and bloody?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Hannah daydreams about food?

2. What happens to Gitl and Yitchak after the war?

3. What does Gitl inform Hannah of?

4. Discuss Hannah's reaction to the first Choosing.

5. What does Rivka inform the women about their identification numbers?

6. What happens when Hannah awakens in Chapter 13?

7. Where are the women and children taken first at the camp and why?

8. What does Hannah suddenly remember about the Jews?

9. What does Hannah do with the bread she is given at meals?

10. Who is Rivka and what has been her experience at the camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The idea of helplessness is a strong foil in the story. How does helplessness prove to be a foil and what are the consequences of this foil?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss theme. What is the theme of the novel and how does the novel fall into this theme?

Essay Topic 3

Heroism is shown when Chaya takes Rivka's place when Rivka is chosen to die while at the concentration camp. Discuss the idea of heroism and the way it is used in the novel

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