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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 was the name of the librarian in Terezin?

3. Where is Viktor Pestek from?

4. What did Dita's father wear at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. What does Hirsch give Dita to help her repair books in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dita overhear in Chapter 7?

2. How does Rudi get pencils for Alice?

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

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

5. How does Dita describe Professor Morgenstern?

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

7. What was Mengele's background?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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