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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 13, what type of game does Hirsch remember that he organized between the SS guards and the Jews in Terezin?

2. What time do the children in Block 31 rise each morning?

3. Where did Hirsch's family flee, and he decided to stay behind?

4. What was Alice's family before the war?

5. What day did Dita lose her childhood?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Mengele say and do when he confronts Dita in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Literature is categorized by genres. Why is the genre of the novel not biography or realistic fiction? What is the genre of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Rudi and Alice are attracted to one another. What makes it difficult for Rudi and Alice to have a relationship? What do they risk by seeing one another? What is communicated about sacrifices and love through their relationship?

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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