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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 7, what is the man wearing who speaks with Hirsch in German in private?

2. How many suitcases where Dita's family allowed to take when they were relocated to Terezin?

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

4. In Chapter 3, what type of soup does Dita eat?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Dita overhear in Chapter 7?

4. What was Mengele's background?

5. How do Alice Munk and other assistants create writing utensils?

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

7. What is Block 31?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dita loves books. Why does Dita enjoy books? How does she use books and characters she has read about in her life in Auschwitz? In what way are books an escape for Dita?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The novel is told from a third-person limited point of view. How does the author’s choice to use that point of view affect the story and what readers know about characters and events?

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