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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. Who are the waitresses in the officers' dining rooms at Auschwitz?
(a) Protestants.
(b) Seventh Day Adventists.
(c) Jews.
(d) Jehovah's Witnesses.

2. How many people are killed in the gas chambers at a time?
(a) 340.
(b) 250.
(c) At least 200 to 300.
(d) About 300 to 400.

3. In Chapter 8, what was the name of editor-in-chief of the Vedem, a clandestine magazine, in Terezin?
(a) Rudolph Weiss.
(b) Petr Ginz.
(c) Anders Wilhelm.
(d) Martin Deitrich.

4. When was Hirsch deported to the Terezin ghetto?
(a) August 1942.
(b) June 1942.
(c) July 1942.
(d) May 1942.

5. In Chapter 14, what did Gabriel throw at Marta Kovac?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Beetle.
(c) Stones.
(d) Grasshopper.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many suitcases where Dita's family allowed to take when they were relocated to Terezin?

2. At the end of Chapter 14, who does Dita see eating her mother's food?

3. In Chapter 10, how long do prisoners have to stand in line at the end of the work day?

4. Who does Dita learn is reporting to the Priest in Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 7, who thinks that Hirsch is "as trustworthy as any person can be in Auschwitz" (75)?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Dita remember leaving her childhood behind and why?

2. What did Dita notice when she and her family first arrived in Terezin?

3. Where was Yakub Edelstein taken when he was removed from Terezin and why?

4. What does Dita see Professor Morgenstern doing at the end of Chapter 9?

5. What does Dita learn about Mr. Tomasek in Chapter 11?

6. At the end of Chapter 12, what chance did Hirsch have to leave Prague?

7. In Chapter 6, why is no one milling in the doorway of Barrack 16?

8. How does Dita describe Professor Morgenstern?

9. What are Viktor Pestek's intentions toward Renee?

10. What do Dita's parents do at Auschwitz?

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