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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the SS aide say that Ernie's case reminds him of?
(a) Those who die under torture.
(b) Those who are terrified of torture.
(c) Those who request torture.
(d) Those who avoid torture.

2. What does the SS officer suspect Ernie of doing?
(a) Spying for the Russians.
(b) Trying to carry a message into the camp.
(c) Trying to get a message out from the camp.
(d) Spying for the Americans.

3. What happens to hundreds of German Jewish boys in 1934?
(a) They convert to Christianity.
(b) They form gangs.
(c) They committ suicide.
(d) They flee the country.

4. Why does Herschel Grynszpan's action frighten all German Jews?
(a) There would be Nazi retribution.
(b) Police would search everywhere for him.
(c) They would be deported.
(d) He would be executed.

5. What was Golda's impossible desire?
(a) To eat all the fruit she wanted.
(b) To leave Europe altogether.
(c) To walk through Paris with Ernie without their stars.
(d) To have a Paris designer gown.

6. Why were the passengers in the freight car hoping for rain?
(a) They had no water.
(b) They were overheated.
(c) They wanted to fill their canteens.
(d) They hoped it would stop the car's progress.

7. Why did the Jews in Germany not believe the warning signs of their destruction?
(a) They did not believe that human beings could behave like the Nazis.
(b) They believed God would ultimately rescue them.
(c) They did not believe the Nazis would lie.
(d) They believed their suffering served an ultimate purpose.

8. How did the SS officers calm and reassure the prisoners upon their arrival?
(a) Showed them their sleeping quarters.
(b) Gave them soup to eat.
(c) Gave them work assignments.
(d) Had a band play music for them.

9. Why does Ernie decide he must leave the city of Marseilles?
(a) He is reminded of home.
(b) He is losing weight.
(c) He keeps getting in fights.
(d) He keeps falling in love.

10. What animal does Ernie ultimately dream he becomes?
(a) A cockroach.
(b) A rat.
(c) An amoeba.
(d) A snail.

11. What kind of dogs do the SS officers bring with them to help manage the people in the boxcars?
(a) Bulldogs and bloodhounds.
(b) German shepherds.
(c) Bloodhounds and rottweilers.
(d) Pincers and mastiffs.

12. What does Ernie feel after rescuing Golda, the red-haired girl?
(a) Pity that turned to happiness.
(b) Sorry that turned to happiness.
(c) Sorrow that turned to Pity.
(d) Pity that turned to sorrow.

13. In a letter, what does Benjamin Levy tell his soldier son that being a Jew is?
(a) An honor.
(b) Thrilling.
(c) Impossible.
(d) Scary.

14. How does Ernie respond when reprimanded by the doctor for telling the children their experience was just a dream?
(a) "My words will come to pass."
(b) "This is actually just a dream."
(c) "These children deserve some peace."
(d) "There is no room for truth here."

15. What does the aide request of the SS officer?
(a) Permission to laugh.
(b) Permission to torture Ernie.
(c) Permission to leave the room during the interrogation.
(d) Permission to cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ernie unable to determine about the children who crowd around him in the boxcar?

2. While the Jewish children in Germany are being taught self-destruction, what are the German children taught?

3. In the hospital, what does Ernie pray to God to do?

4. What do the Jews of Proskurov do to save themselves from persecution?

5. In his wedding dream, what shows up at the windows?

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