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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. In the hospital, what does Ernie pray to God to do?
(a) Destroy the Nazis.
(b) Change the government.
(c) Bring the Messiah.
(d) Save his family.

2. What do Golda and Ernie decide there is no time left to do?
(a) Find a rabbi to marry them.
(b) Set up a canopy for their wedding.
(c) Invite their friends to their wedding.
(d) Tell their families about their wedding.

3. What animal does Ernie ultimately dream he becomes?
(a) A snail.
(b) A cockroach.
(c) An amoeba.
(d) A rat.

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

5. What word do the members of The Association of Old Zenyock have trouble pronouncing?
(a) Bonjour.
(b) Mademoiselle.
(c) Monsieur.
(d) Voila.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Mordecai told The Association that Ernie would prove himself to be?

2. Who takes Ernie's attention from Golda as they travel in the freight car?

3. What does Ernie dream as he is being repaired in the Jewish hospital?

4. In his wedding dream, what shows up at the windows?

5. Where did Ernie find work in 1943?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the SS men torture Ernie for his request to enter the camp at Drancy?

3. Why did the colored identity cards give the Jews a false sense of security?

4. What happens to Ernie in the infirmary where he is put to recover from his torture session?

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

6. How does Ernie describe Jesus?

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

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

9. What does Ernie say to comfort the children in the boxcar?

10. What causes the Levy family the first tinge of fear that life in France will be the equivalent of their lives in Germany?

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