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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. How much younger is Margit's sister, Helga, than Margit?

2. When were 3,792 prisoners from the family camp BIIb gassed and incinerated in Crematorium III of Auschwitz-Birenau?

3. At the end of Chapter 17, what does Dita learn is her bunkmate's name?

4. Who agrees to escape with Viktor?

5. In Chapter 19, what is Rudi's hut number?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is heard by Dita and others the night the September prisoners are killed?

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

4. What does Rudi find when he looks for Hirsch in Chapter 19?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Rudi and Fred do after they are free?

10. Who is Richard Keller, and how does he accept his incarceration in Auschwitz?

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

Dita loves books. Why does Dita enjoy books? How does she use books and characters she has read about in her life in Auschwitz? In what way are books an escape for Dita?

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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