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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. Who was the rabbi who created a Golem?

2. What is Dita's prisoner number?

3. What does Morgenstern make from scraps of paper?

4. What are the Russian prisoners wearing at Auschwitz?

5. What was Dita's father's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How have chlidren's attitudes changed about books now that they are in Auschwitz?

4. What is Block 31?

5. What was Mengele's background?

6. Why does Fredy Hirsch choose Dita to be the librarian at Auschwitz?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dita is nine when the Nazis take over Prague and 16 when the war ends. What does Dita have to endure during the war? What losses does she experience? How does her outlook on life change? How does her growing maturity help her deal with the difficulties in her life? How does she come of age in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Alice is an assistant in Block 31, and her family was wealthy. What is life like for Alice in Auschwitz? What signs are there that she cares about feeling pretty? What does the trade she makes for a headband reveal about Alice and the things she longs for?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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