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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. At the beginning of Chapter 17, what sport is Hirsch sketching out tactics for?
2. In Chapter 27, what happens when Miriam and Arieh are reunited with Yakub?
3. How does Hirsch die?
4. In Chapter 24, how long have Rudi and Fred been without food when they decide to ask for help?
5. In Chapter 20, what is the white object that Dita sees in camp BIIa?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 30, what were the British soldiers expecting when they freed Bergen-Belsen?
2. What does Dita realize about Profess Morgenstern in Chapter 17?
3. In Chapter 26, what does Renee say about Viktor?
4. What is heard by Dita and others the night the September prisoners are killed?
5. What does Rudi find when he looks for Hirsch in Chapter 19?
6. Why does Hirsch not want to start an uprising?
7. What happens when Dita reads at the end of Chapter 20?
8. What does Rudi and Fred do after they are free?
9. In Chapter 22, what do the prisoners have to observe and why?
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
Professor Morgenstern acts very clumsy during an inspection of Block 31. How does Morgenstern appear to the other prisoners? Why do they think he is absentminded and not very bright? What leads Dita to believe that Morgenstern is very aware of what is going on around him? What does Dita realize about who Morgenstern actually is?
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
The novel mostly takes place in concentration camps. What feelings or attitudes does the setting evoke for characters? Is the setting a neutral background, not important to the novel, or does the setting take on the role of a character?
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