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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Ernie realizes he lacks when he enters the street in his dream?
(a) Directions.
(b) Skin.
(c) Golda.
(d) Clothes.

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

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

6. What instrument did Ernie play in the regimental orchestra?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Drums.
(c) Accordion.
(d) Bugle.

7. 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) They will not be killed.
(d) He will keep them safe from harm.

8. What is Ernie's goal as a he roams the Rhone Valley?
(a) To cultivate his lowest instincts.
(b) To become a civilized man.
(c) To behave as a Just Man.
(d) To cultivate his highest instincts.

9. What did many Jews believe would happen to them at Pichipoi?
(a) They would be allowed a fresh start.
(b) They would be killed.
(c) They would be shipped to Israel.
(d) They would be granted homesteads.

10. 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) Shoots a Nazi officer.
(d) Attempts to shoot the Fuehrer.

11. What was Ernie's assignment in the French army?
(a) Calvary man.
(b) Cook.
(c) Infantryman.
(d) Stretcher bearer.

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

13. What does Ernie's moustache cause him to resemble?
(a) A St. Bernard.
(b) A Great Dane.
(c) A poodle.
(d) A hound.

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

15. What did the Nazi officer do with Golda's musical instrument?
(a) Taken it with him.
(b) Returned it to her.
(c) Stamped on it.
(d) Burned it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are Ernie's first words as he comes to life in the hospital?

3. What did the signs directing the prisoners to the baths say?

4. What does Ernie pray will be taken from his heart on his dream wedding day?

5. What does the SS aide say that Ernie's case reminds him of?

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