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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. In Chapter 5, what does Dita have to pay to have pockets put inside her smock?

2. What languages does Rudi Rosenberg speak?

3. What did Morgenstern do before the war?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 12, why has Rudi been giving Alice food?

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

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

7. What is Block 31?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Passover is celebrated in Block 31. What is Passover? Why is it important to celebrate Passover? What is communicated about the importance of Passover and what it means to be able to celebrate the Passover in Auschwitz?

Essay Topic 2

The novel mostly takes place in concentration camps. What feelings or attitudes does the setting evoke for characters? Is the setting a neutral background, not important to the novel, or does the setting take on the role of a character?

Essay Topic 3

Renee reluctantly spends time with the SS guard Viktor. Why does Viktor spend time with Renee? Why does Renee spend time with Viktor when she does not like him and she is criticized for being with him? Why would Renee like to hate Viktor? How is hate similar to love? Why does Renee believe that a person does not have a choice to love and hate? What is revealed about relationships through the friendship between Viktor and Renee?

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