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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. How many books did Dita's father sneak into their luggage when they relocated to Terezin?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

2. What is the name of Miriam Edelstein's son?
(a) Andre.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Arieh.
(d) Roman.

3. How many books can Dita hide in her pockets in Chapter 5?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

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

5. What did Dita's father wear at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Dungarees.
(b) Black double-breasted suit.
(c) Coveralls.
(d) Gray double-breasted suit.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Hirsch deported to the Terezin ghetto?

2. What exercises does Hirsch do at the beginning of Chapter 13?

3. Who is Dita's friend in Auschwitz in Chapter 3?

4. At the end of Chapter 9, who does Dita see using a butterfly net?

5. What languages does Rudi Rosenberg speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Fredy Hirsch choose Dita to be the librarian at Auschwitz?

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

3. What did Fredy find solace in after his father's death?

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

5. In Chapter 11, how is the food the children are served contrasted with the food served in the officers' dining room?

6. How do Dita and her mother get to see her father before he dies?

7. How do Alice Munk and other assistants create writing utensils?

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

9. How does Rudi get pencils for Alice?

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

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