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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 21, what does Dita draw?

2. How many prisoners are in camp BIB when the process is begun to close the camp?

3. In Chapter 22, how many Russian prisoners are caught trying to escape?

4. How old is the boy who is sent to bring food to Rudi and Fred in Chapter 24?

5. In Chapter 27, what happens when Miriam and Arieh are reunited with Yakub?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In May of 1944, how many more prisoners arrive in Auschwitz?

3. What does Dita realize about Profess Morgenstern in Chapter 17?

4. What happens to Viktor Pestek?

5. In Chapter 30, what were the British soldiers expecting when they freed Bergen-Belsen?

6. Who does Schmulewski want to start an uprising and why?

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

8. What was Margit Barnai's life like?

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

10. What is Ota and Dita's life like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some teachers want to teach the children about the realities of life in Auschwitz. Others want to keep the children sheltered from the realities of Auschwitz. Why is there a difference of opinion regarding sheltering the children in Block 31 and exposing them to the realities of Auschwitz? What does the discussion reveal about innocence and preserving innocence?

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

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?

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