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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of clothes do Lale and the other prisoners put on after arriving at camp?
(a) Dark red coats.
(b) Heavy woolen underwear.
(c) Russian army uniforms and boots.
(d) Blue denim overalls

2. What job is Gita assigned to do after being ill?
(a) Janitorial work, emptying slop pots.
(b) Clerical work, listing prisoner information on cards and in a ledger.
(c) Kitchen work, peeling potatoes and making broth.
(d) Manual labor, pulling dead bodies to wagons.

3. Why does Yuri's attitude toward Lale change?
(a) Because his mother talks to him.
(b) Because Lale protected him from an SS officer.
(c) Because his father threatens him with punishment if he was not nicer.
(d) Because he notices the conditions Lale lives in.

4. What does Baretski do when he sees prisoners resting on the ground?
(a) He punches each of them in the face.
(b) He uses the rifle butt to knock them in the back of the head.
(c) He takes out his rifle and shoots them repeatedly.
(d) He makes them run into the fence.

5. Who was the commander of the camp where Lale was taken?
(a) Theodore Eicke.
(b) Adolph Wercht.
(c) Rudolf Hoess.
(d) Heinrich Himmler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lale have stashed inside his jacket pocket?

2. What job does Gita perform where she works?

3. What does Lale do with his extra rations?

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

5. What is Pepan's native country?

(see the answer key)

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