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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. How many times does the train holding the Jewish villagers stop on its trip?

2. What does Hannah notice about the woman in the blue dress?

3. What does Hannah whisper to an old man?

4. Who started an organization that helped camp survivors to cope and to locate whoever remained alive in their families after the Holocaust?

5. Whom does Hannah feel the officer looking at the prisoners reminds her of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hannah see when she turns around in Chapter 19?

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

3. How does Hannah die?

4. Discuss and describe the Commandant.

5. What happens after the women and children are given a cold shower?

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

7. What happens to Tzipporah in Chapter 13?

8. What does Gitl inform Hannah of?

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

10. What happens when Hannah daydreams about food?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ethnic injustices are used against the Jews in the novel. In what ways are they used and what is the result of this?

Essay Topic 2

The idea of remembering is strongly shown throughout the story. Discuss how this is shown with examples from the test. What is the impact of this? Why is remembering important for Jews as well as non-Jews?

Essay Topic 3

The genre of the novel is ___. Why does the book fall into this genre? Give at least three examples in order to justify your response.

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