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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Baretski's nationality?
(a) Polish.
(b) French.
(c) Romanian.
(d) German.

2. What is the translation for the slogan that appears on the gate to the camp?
(a) This is the point of no return.
(b) Work makes you free.
(c) Fear us deadly.
(d) Abandon hope all ye who enter here.

3. What is the setting of the dream Lale has after he has arrived at the camp?
(a) The tavern behind his house.
(b) The department store where he used to work.
(c) The living room of his childhood home.
(d) His old grade school.

4. What color ink is used to make the tattoos show up on the skin?
(a) Red ink.
(b) Green ink.
(c) Blue ink.
(d) Black ink.

5. What is Lale wearing when readers first see him?
(a) A Russian Army uniform.
(b) A t-shirt and a pair of jeans.
(c) A suit and tie.
(d) A heavy wool sweater and slacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the line that Lale considers as his first words to Gita?

2. What is Gita's block number?

3. What kind of clothes do Lale and the other prisoners put on after arriving at camp?

4. What place does Lale take Gita to so that they can talk?

5. What is the name of the man Lale meets on the train who becomes his bunkmate?

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