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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What instrument did Ernie play in the regimental orchestra?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Bugle.
(c) Drums.
(d) Accordion.
2. 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 inhalations."
(d) "To the baths and dining hall."
3. In his wedding dream, what shows up at the windows?
(a) Fists.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Guests.
(d) Soldiers.
4. Which of the travelers in the freight car with Ernie and Golda found "true consolation"?
(a) Those who overcame their fear.
(b) Those who prayed.
(c) Those who helped others.
(d) Those who died.
5. How did the democracies of the world respond to German anti-semitism?
(a) By supporting the founding of Israel.
(b) By offering to take Jewish immigrants.
(c) By refusing to accept Jewish immigrants.
(d) By refusing to buy their exports.
6. What quotation from La Pasionara is repeated in Ernie's regiment when France is defeated?
(a) "It is better to live on our feet than die on our knees."
(b) "He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day."
(c) "It is better to die on our feet than live on our knees."
(d) "It is better to live than to die."
7. What penance does Ernie impose upon himself for not loving the farmer's wife who took him in?
(a) Doing all the farm work.
(b) Displaying great passion.
(c) Refusing her good cooking.
(d) Being kind.
8. What happened to Ernie's face as he gained weight?
(a) It became unrecognizeable.
(b) It became droopy.
(c) It became thinner.
(d) It became flabby.
9. What did the Nazi officer do with Golda's musical instrument?
(a) Taken it with him.
(b) Returned it to her.
(c) Burned it.
(d) Stamped on it.
10. What happens to hundreds of German Jewish boys in 1934?
(a) They convert to Christianity.
(b) They form gangs.
(c) They flee the country.
(d) They committ suicide.
11. How long does Ernie stay in the hospital?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two days.
(c) Two years.
(d) Two weeks.
12. What were suicidal Jews at Buchenwald requested to do?
(a) Put identification in their mouths.
(b) Leave the room.
(c) Wait to be killed.
(d) Turn in their personal possessions.
13. What does Ernie call the members of The Association that pleases them?
(a) Patriarchs.
(b) Just Men.
(c) Israelites.
(d) Jews.
14. What does Ernie feel after rescuing Golda, the red-haired girl?
(a) Pity that turned to sorrow.
(b) Pity that turned to happiness.
(c) Sorry that turned to happiness.
(d) Sorrow that turned to Pity.
15. What does Ernie's moustache cause him to resemble?
(a) A Great Dane.
(b) A hound.
(c) A poodle.
(d) A St. Bernard.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is it easy to find work in the Rhone Valley in 1942?
2. What word do the members of The Association of Old Zenyock have trouble pronouncing?
3. How does Mordecai view Jewish suffering?
4. In the hospital, what does Ernie pray to God to do?
5. Why do the members of The Association say it is useless to push a Levy?
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