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

2. 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 cultivate his highest instincts.
(d) To behave as a Just Man.

3. What do the SS officers tell the Jewish prisoners that the men will be doing?
(a) Building bridges.
(b) Clearing forests.
(c) Building houses and roads.
(d) Building offices and apartments.

4. What does the SS aide say that Ernie's case reminds him of?
(a) Those who die under torture.
(b) Those who are terrified of torture.
(c) Those who avoid torture.
(d) Those who request torture.

5. How does Benjamin 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Golda's leg injured when she was a child?

2. Why does Herschel Grynszpan's action frighten all German Jews?

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

4. What happens to Ernie's body when he gets out of the boxcar?

5. What happened to Ernie's face as he gained weight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What changes does Madame Trochu make when she understands that Ernie is a Jew?

3. Why do the children scream when the boxcar stops?

4. What details alert Ernie to the fact that the passengers will never leave this place?

5. Why are the old men of The Association of Zemyock surprised that Ernie has returned to them?

6. What change does touching Melanie make in Ernie?

7. Why does Ernie compare himself to a cat?

8. Why does Mordecai say it would be useless to leave Germany?

9. What part does the music of the band play in the successful extermination of the Jews?

10. What causes Mordecai to take up a weapon against the Nazi perpetrators?

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