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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 Bergen-Belsen, what time is the evening curfew?

2. How far is the Slovakian border where Rudi and Fred plan to go?

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

4. In Chapter 25, when did Viktor head back to Auschwitz?

5. What is Margit wearing on her head when she and Dita are reunited in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 23, how close do Rudi and Fred come to being captured?

8. In Chapter 26, what does Renee say about Viktor?

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

10. What does Dita discover in Chapter 32 when she goes to find Margit and her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Renee reluctantly spends time with the SS guard Viktor. Why does Viktor spend time with Renee? Why does Renee spend time with Viktor when she does not like him and she is criticized for being with him? Why would Renee like to hate Viktor? How is hate similar to love? Why does Renee believe that a person does not have a choice to love and hate? What is revealed about relationships through the friendship between Viktor and Renee?

Essay Topic 3

Dita is fearful about being the librarian. Who tells Dita that she is brave? Why does Hirsch tell her that she is brave? Why is Dita brave even though she is afraid?

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