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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Ernie dream as he is being repaired in the Jewish hospital?
(a) He is a child at home.
(b) He is being married.
(c) He has returned to Stillenstadt.
(d) He has died and gone to heaven.

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

4. What happened to Ernie's face as he gained weight?
(a) It became flabby.
(b) It became thinner.
(c) It became unrecognizeable.
(d) It became droopy.

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

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

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

8. What quotation from La Pasionara is repeated in Ernie's regiment when France is defeated?
(a) "It is better to die on our feet than live on our knees."
(b) "It is better to live than to die."
(c) "He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day."
(d) "It is better to live on our feet than die on our knees."

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

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

11. What did the SS man instruct the prisoners that the gas in the bathhouse would do?
(a) Disinfect and strengthen the lungs.
(b) Make breathing easier.
(c) Prevent pain.
(d) Free them from this world.

12. What is the last thing Ernie promises the children?
(a) They will not be imprisoned.
(b) He will go into the kingdom with them.
(c) He will keep them safe from harm.
(d) They will not be killed.

13. 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.

14. Where did Ernie tell the children they would find happiness?
(a) England.
(b) Poland.
(c) The Kingdom of Israel.
(d) Heaven.

15. What were the prisoners instructed to take with them to the baths?
(a) Their valuables and papers.
(b) Their identification.
(c) Their soap and toiletries.
(d) Their suitcases and clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the passengers in the freight car hoping for rain?

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

3. What penance does Ernie impose upon himself for not loving the farmer's wife who took him in?

4. How does Ernie respond when reprimanded by the doctor for telling the children their experience was just a dream?

5. What is Vernichtungswissenschaft?

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