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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What is Vernichtungswissenschaft?
(a) The science of massacre.
(b) The science of torture.
(c) The science of biology.
(d) The science of cleansing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What actually awaited the Jews at Pichipoi?

2. How does the Levy family support itself in Paris at first?

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

4. In his isolation from his family and companions, what does Ernie decide to become?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ernie unable to fight to defend Jacob, even though he trains himself to do so?

2. What were the Jews told to take with them into the "Baths and Inhalations"?

3. To what does Ernie attribute Golda's modest wishes?

4. How was it possible that the majority of the condemned Jews realized what was happening to them only once inside the gas chambers?

5. What surprising request does Ernie make of the gendarmes at Drancy?

6. Why does Judith tell the government offices from which she secures provisions that they should thank her?

7. Why does Madame Trochu, the farmer's wife, distrust Ernie?

8. How does Ernie describe Jesus?

9. Why does Benjamin Levy say that to be a Jew is impossible?

10. What change does touching Melanie make in Ernie?

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