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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27 - Epilogue .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dr. Mengele choose to take Leon away?
(a) Because Leon went berserk when Dr. Mengele whistled.
(b) Because Lale stared him down when he was examining a woman.
(c) Because Leon tried to leave the room when Dr. Mengele entered.
(d) Because Lale yelled at him.

2. Which group of workers is most negatively affected when the transports with incoming prisoners slow down?
(a) The tattooist and his assistant.
(b) The girls in Canada.
(c) The Sonderkommando.
(d) The women working in the munitions factory.

3. What food does Lale feed Gita with her eyes closed?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Bread.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Chocolate.

4. Which of the following is NOT a result of more and more people coming into camp?
(a) Turf wars increase between nationalities.
(b) Food rations are increased so that workers can build crematoriums faster.
(c) Disputes occur over lack of respect for new arrivals.
(d) Quarrels erupt because the longest-term prisoners get perks.

5. What did the friend of the two boys who appear at Lale's block in the middle of the night do?
(a) He played a practical joke on an SS officer.
(b) He stole food from the kitchen.
(c) He beat up the kapo guarding his block.
(d) He escaped and then got caught.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as more and more people come into camp?

2. Instead of telling Gita about what he sees in the crematorium, what does Lale tell her?

3. What kind of transportation does Lale use to get back to Bratislava from Krompechy?

4. What do many of the prisoners scream when they see a plane flying overhead?

5. What is Lale's relationship with the Romany men?

(see the answer key)

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