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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 carries out roll call at the beginning of Chapter 20?

2. When do Dita and Ota decide to emigrate to Israel?

3. In Chapter 17, how many people from the September group are transferred to the guarantine camp?

4. In Chapter 25, when did Viktor head back to Auschwitz?

5. What month is it in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Ota's book, The Painted Wall, what is said about Hirsch's death?

2. What was Margit Barnai's life like?

3. In Chapter 20, what falls from the sky, and how does Miriam Edelstein describe what falls?

4. In Chapter 22, what do the prisoners have to observe and why?

5. How do Pestek and Lederek escape in Chapter 22?

6. Why does Hirsch not want to start an uprising?

7. What are Renee's thoughts about Viktor, the SS guard?

8. What happens to Viktor Pestek?

9. In Chapter 24, what plan do Rudi and Fred have?

10. In Chapter 28, what factories does Dita remember that she and her mother worked in when they were in Hamburg?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Passover is celebrated in Block 31. What is Passover? Why is it important to celebrate Passover? What is communicated about the importance of Passover and what it means to be able to celebrate the Passover in Auschwitz?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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