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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the signs directing the prisoners to the baths say?
(a) "To the baths and cafeteria."
(b) "To the baths and dormitories."
(c) "To the baths and dining hall."
(d) "To the baths and inhalations."

2. What was the "Final Solution"?
(a) Acceptance of the Jews.
(b) Deportation of the Jews.
(c) Rescue of the Jews.
(d) Extermination of the Jews.

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

4. How does Benjamin view Jewish suffering?
(a) As mankind's sacrificial offering to God.
(b) As senseless torment.
(c) As retribution for sin.
(d) As the triumph of the wicked.

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

6. What is a brioche?
(a) A beard.
(b) A paunchy belly.
(c) A sweet roll.
(d) A jowl.

7. What does Ernie pray will be taken from his heart on his dream wedding day?
(a) All sorrow.
(b) All hatred.
(c) All desire for revenge.
(d) All Christian influence.

8. Why is it easy to find work in the Rhone Valley in 1942?
(a) Many towns and villages are rebuilding.
(b) It is a year of abundant crops.
(c) The area is industrializing.
(d) There are no men left in the countryside.

9. How does Mordecai view Jewish suffering?
(a) As senseless torment.
(b) As retribution for sin.
(c) As the triumph of the wicked.
(d) As mankind's sacrificial offering to God.

10. What happens to Ernie's body when he gets out of the boxcar?
(a) He sweats blood.
(b) He weeps blood.
(c) His wounds bleed.
(d) His ears bleed.

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

12. How was Golda's leg injured when she was a child?
(a) She was thrown from a mule.
(b) She was thrown from a horse.
(c) She was flung overboard in the Danube.
(d) She fell out of a wagon.

13. What does Ernie do to get the attention of the military in Drancy?
(a) Attacks an officer.
(b) Faints in the street.
(c) Demands admission to the camp.
(d) Tears off his gold star.

14. Ernie tells Golda that Jesus was _____________.
(a) An innocent victim of men's greed.
(b) An old-fashioned Jewish Just Man.
(c) A symbol of war and division.
(d) The first fascist.

15. What were suicidal Jews at Buchenwald requested to do?
(a) Leave the room.
(b) Wait to be killed.
(c) Turn in their personal possessions.
(d) Put identification in their mouths.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did Ernie play in the regimental orchestra?

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

3. What work does Ernie find in Paris?

4. What animal does Ernie ultimately dream he becomes?

5. As they breathed the gas, when did Ernie promise Golda he would see her?

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