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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the ancient text say is the role of Israel in the world?

2. What is Ernie first in at his school?

3. Why does Mordecai say their hearts are not entirely Jewish?

4. Who delivers Ernie to his family?

5. What does Moritz recommend to avoid persecution?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the child Ernie come to feel that he is in charge of those around him?

2. When Hitler becomes Chancellor of the Reich, what decision of her own does Judith regret?

3. Why do Mordecai and Judith decide that Benjamin is like a mosquito?

4. Why is Jacob not consoled when Ernie promises to "spring" at the Hitler Youth if they bother the little boy?

5. Why does Judith object to Mordecai telling stories to Ernie?

6. What does Ernie think when he feels no pain from the bumps and gashes he has suffered?

7. How does Judith recognize Mordecai as a Just Man?

8. What rationale does Rabbi Yom Tov Levy offer for the mass murder and suicide he instigates?

9. Why does Judith blame herself for the death of three of her sons?

10. What solution does Moritz think would relieve the Jews of the danger involved in going to the synagogue.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Six million Jews is a very large number of people. Had they determined that it was appropriate to fight their oppressors, they could possibly have overpowered them. Why didn't they fight back? Use examples of their thoughts and actions in the story to substantiate your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

A great deal of this story revolves around Ernie's development as a child. In your essay, tell which of Ernie's recorded childhood events changed the man he was to become, and why you think so.

Essay Topic 3

If Ernie is the last of the 36 Just Men to exist in world history, what does this tell you about the author's hopes for the future of the world? In your essay, explain why you think he takes this position.

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