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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. When was Hirsch deported to the Terezin ghetto?

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

3. In Chapter 2, what falls out of Professor Morgenstern's pocket during an inspection?

4. What color tattoo did the woman have who Dita convinced to be her bunkmate when she first arrived?

5. Who was the rabbi who created a Golem?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Rudi get pencils for Alice?

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

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

8. In Chapter 14, what does Hirsch say when Dita tells him that Mengele is watching her?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flashbacks are used in the novel. How do flashbacks help readers understand characters and their previous lives? How do flashbacks provide context and contrast the lives of characters in the concentration camp to their previous lives? What purpose do flashbacks serve?

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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