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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. What is more valuable than a human life in Auschwitz?

2. What was the name of the boy who gave Dita her first kiss?

3. How old was Fredy Hirsch when his father died?

4. Where did Dita live in 1939?

5. What symbol identifies political prisoners at Auschwitz?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did life change for Dita and other Jews after the Germans took over Prague?

2. What does Dita overhear in Chapter 7?

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

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

5. How does Dita describe Professor Morgenstern?

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

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

8. In Chapter 2, why does Dita worry about the inspection of Block 31?

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

10. What did Hirsch tell a defender who lost a soccer match because he allowed a Nazi to get past him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hirsch is in charge of Block 31. How has Hirsch become a leader from the time his father died to the time he is in charge of Block 31? What do Hirsch’s actions reveal about being a leader and the responsibilities of a leader?

Essay Topic 2

Dita sees her mother as a quiet woman who just accepts life no matter how difficult it becomes. What type of person does Liesl seem to be? When does Liesl speak up and make her opinion known? How does what Dita’s mother say reveal her to be a different person than Dita had realized? What is revealed about the person she has become? How do Liesl's circumstances change her?

Essay Topic 3

Professor Morgenstern acts very clumsy during an inspection of Block 31. How does Morgenstern appear to the other prisoners? Why do they think he is absentminded and not very bright? What leads Dita to believe that Morgenstern is very aware of what is going on around him? What does Dita realize about who Morgenstern actually is?

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