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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 20, what is the white object that Dita sees in camp BIIa?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 17, what sport is Hirsch sketching out tactics for?

3. What does the boy who is a maintenance worker give Dita in Chapter 26?

4. At the end of Chapter 22, where do Pestek and Lederer head for first when they leave Auschwitz?

5. What falls from the sky in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Margit Barnai's life like?

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 17, what positive thing does Hirsch tell Dita to remember?

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

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

8. At the end of Chapter 21, what does Dita decide about revenge?

9. What is something that Mengele is celebrated for in Chapter 21?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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