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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 actually awaited the Jews at Pichipoi?

2. What does Ernie have to sew to stay with The Association?

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

4. What word do the members of The Association of Old Zenyock have trouble pronouncing?

5. What is the last thing Ernie promises the children?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How was it possible that the majority of the condemned Jews realized what was happening to them only once inside the gas chambers?

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

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

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

10. What does Ernie do to turn himself into a dog?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author spends a large part of the book establishing a genealogy for Ernie that places him as the last of the Just Men. In your essay, select some of Ernie's ancestors and explain how the characteristics they demonstrated in their lifetimes are apparent in his actions.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the character and personality of Ernie. What motivates him as a child? As an adult? What does he want to do? Does he believe himself to be a Just Man? The author talks of the first death of Ernie. Are there more than one? More than two? Use specific examples from the story.

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