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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 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.

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

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

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

5. 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 granted homesteads.
(d) They would be shipped to Israel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Vernichtungswissenschaft?

3. How did the SS officers calm and reassure the prisoners upon their arrival?

4. Ernie thinks falling in love can lead to ________________.

5. What was the "Final Solution"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do the old men of The Association of Zemyock say it is useless to do with any Levy?

4. What change does touching Melanie make in Ernie?

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

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

7. Why does Ernie compare himself to a cat?

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

9. What does the author find "admirable" about German education during the years before the Final Solution of Jewish extermination?

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

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