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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 are the Russian prisoners wearing at Auschwitz?
(a) Yellow work clothes.
(b) Blue work clothes.
(c) Orange prison garb.
(d) Striped prison garb.

2. In Chapter 3, what type of soup does Dita eat?
(a) Cabbage.
(b) Beet.
(c) Turnip.
(d) Potato.

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

4. What does The Priest whistle?
(a) Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
(b) Beethoven's Cello Sonata Number 1, F.
(c) Beethoven's Rondo, C.
(d) Beethoven's Symphony Number 9.

5. Who does Dita learn is reporting to the Priest in Chapter 11?
(a) Miriam Edelstein.
(b) Mr. Tomasek.
(c) Professor Morgenstern.
(d) Ota Keller.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date at the beginning of Chapter 1?

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

3. What langauges does Dita speak that allowed her to become an assistant in Block 31?

4. For what birthday did Dita last have a birthday cake made by her mother?

5. In Chapter 5, how many Jews came to Auschwitz from the Terezin ghetto?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Block 31?

4. How did Dita become involved with the library in Terezin?

5. At the end of Chapter 10, who does Professor Morgenstern tell Dita can be trusted in Auschwitz?

6. What was Mengele's background?

7. How does Rudi get pencils for Alice?

8. How long has Rudi Rosenberg been in Birkenau and what is his job?

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

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

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