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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. When were 3,792 prisoners from the family camp BIIb gassed and incinerated in Crematorium III of Auschwitz-Birenau?
(a) March 8, 1944.
(b) March 11, 1944.
(c) March 7, 1944.
(d) March 5, 1944.

2. Who carries out roll call at the beginning of Chapter 20?
(a) Tomasek.
(b) Krizkova.
(c) Lichtenstern.
(d) Edelstein.

3. At Bergen-Belsen, what time is the evening curfew?
(a) 7:30 p.m.
(b) 8 p.m.
(c) 7 p.m.
(d) 6:30 p.m.

4. In Chapter 25, how many additional children arrived in the May transport?
(a) 250.
(b) 300.
(c) 275.
(d) 225.

5. At the end of Chapter 22, where do Pestek and Lederer head for first when they leave Auschwitz?
(a) Plawy.
(b) Bobrek.
(c) Oswiecim.
(d) Gromiec.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 24, to where were Rudi and Fred evacuated?

2. In Chapter 20, what is the white object that Dita sees in camp BIIa?

3. In Chapter 29, how many bodies have to be removed from Dita's hut daily?

4. What type of shop did Mr. Turnovska and her husband have?

5. In Chapter 16, where does Dita read a book?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 17, what positive thing does Hirsch tell Dita to remember?

2. In Ota's book, The Painted Wall, what is said about Hirsch's death?

3. What was Margit Barnai's life like?

4. What does Dita realize about Profess Morgenstern in Chapter 17?

5. Why does Hirsch not want to start an uprising?

6. In Chapter 22, what do the prisoners have to observe and why?

7. How do Pestek and Lederek escape in Chapter 22?

8. In Chapter 23, how close do Rudi and Fred come to being captured?

9. In Chapter 30, what were the British soldiers expecting when they freed Bergen-Belsen?

10. What are Renee's thoughts about Viktor, the SS guard?

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