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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. What is Margit wearing on her head when she and Dita are reunited in Chapter 29?
2. How many people from the September transport does Rudi think will be left behind in the family camp in Chapter 18?
3. How far is the Slovakian border where Rudi and Fred plan to go?
4. What do the rumors say killed Hirsch?
5. In Chapter 20 in the book that Dita reads, where is the soldier from who uses his bayonet to skewer a Russian Cossack to a wall?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 30, what were the British soldiers expecting when they freed Bergen-Belsen?
2. Why does Hirsch not want to start an uprising?
3. In Chapter 29, who is Dita reunited with?
4. In Chapter 26, what does Renee say about Viktor?
5. At the beginning of Chapter 17, what positive thing does Hirsch tell Dita to remember?
6. Who is Richard Keller, and how does he accept his incarceration in Auschwitz?
7. What does Dita discover in Chapter 32 when she goes to find Margit and her father?
8. What is something that Mengele is celebrated for in Chapter 21?
9. At the end of Chapter 21, what does Dita decide about revenge?
10. In Chapter 31, why do Dita and Liesl have to wait to transfer to Prague?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Hirsch is in charge of Block 31. How has Hirsch become a leader from the time his father died to the time he is in charge of Block 31? What do Hirsch’s actions reveal about being a leader and the responsibilities of a leader?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?
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