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

2. How does Ernie respond when reprimanded by the doctor for telling the children their experience was just a dream?
(a) "There is no room for truth here."
(b) "My words will come to pass."
(c) "These children deserve some peace."
(d) "This is actually just a dream."

3. What kind of dogs do the SS officers bring with them to help manage the people in the boxcars?
(a) Bulldogs and bloodhounds.
(b) Bloodhounds and rottweilers.
(c) German shepherds.
(d) Pincers and mastiffs.

4. What does Ernie agree to do with The Association?
(a) Go to their dances.
(b) Live with them.
(c) Publicize their meetings.
(d) Sign up to join.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Jews of Proskurov do to save themselves from persecution?

2. What is Vernichtungswissenschaft?

3. Why does Judith tell their donors that they should thank her?

4. What did the SS man instruct the prisoners that the gas in the bathhouse would do?

5. What unusual request does Ernie make of the gendarmes in Drancy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Ernie's dream, what mistake does Judith make as she talks about the wedding?

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

7. Why does Ernie compare himself to a cat?

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

9. How does Ernie describe Jesus?

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

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