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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While the Jewish children in Germany are being taught self-destruction, what are the German children taught?
(a) Self-hate.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Murder.
(d) Pride.

2. What does Ernie agree to do with The Association?
(a) Go to their dances.
(b) Live with them.
(c) Sign up to join.
(d) Publicize their meetings.

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

4. How does the Levy family support itself in Paris at first?
(a) On state subsidies.
(b) On Benjamin's tailoring.
(c) On Mordecai's crystal work.
(d) On their savings.

5. What did Ernie review in the infirmary as he recovered from his torture?
(a) Everything that had happened to Just Men.
(b) Every form of mental and physical distress.
(c) Everything that had happened to the Levy family.
(d) Everything that had happened to him.

6. What is in the bridal chamber when Ernie and Golda first enter in Ernie's dream?
(a) A rooster and a fish.
(b) A sewing machine, a bundle, and a cot.
(c) Doves and butterflies.
(d) A canopied bed.

7. What does Ernie feel toward his whole family as he lies in the hospital bed?
(a) Pity.
(b) Love.
(c) Worry.
(d) Gratitude.

8. What does Herschel Grynszpan do that affects all Jews in Germany?
(a) Shoots his mother and his father.
(b) Shoots the secretary of the German embassy in Paris.
(c) Attempts to shoot the Fuehrer.
(d) Shoots a Nazi officer.

9. Whose example does the farmer's wife who took him in encourage Ernie to follow?
(a) The horses.
(b) The dogs.
(c) The geese.
(d) The chickens.

10. 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 falling in love.
(d) He keeps getting in fights.

11. What do the Jews of Proskurov do to save themselves from persecution?
(a) Dig tunnels.
(b) Cry out for seven nights.
(c) Arm themselves.
(d) Store food.

12. What do the Jews continue to do in 1943 despite ever-increasing danger?
(a) Dress as Jews.
(b) Speak Yiddish.
(c) Attend synagogue.
(d) Wear the identifying stars.

13. What does Ernie smell as he gets out of the boxcar?
(a) Burning rubber.
(b) Food cooking.
(c) Organic matter burning.
(d) Dysentery.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Jews in Germany not believe the warning signs of their destruction?

2. What does Ernie feel after rescuing Golda, the red-haired girl?

3. What work does Ernie find in Paris?

4. Why did Ernie decide not to join the protest movements?

5. What kind of dogs do the SS officers bring with them to help manage the people in the boxcars?

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