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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the female prisoners do to make the bomb?
(a) They generated explosive charges by compiling sawdust and gasoline.
(b) They stole dynamite charges from the railroad.
(c) They smuggled in gunpowder under their fingernails.
(d) They broke into the German warehouse at Birkenau and stole bomb-making materials.

2. Why does the kapo of Gita's block not harass Lale?
(a) Because Baretski has told her not to interfere in Lale and Gita's relationship.
(b) Because the kapo does not care what happens in her block.
(c) Because the kapo has a crush on Lale.
(d) Because the kapo is friendly with Gita.

3. What is the name of the man Lale meets on the train who becomes his bunkmate?
(a) Uri.
(b) Aron.
(c) Boris.
(d) Rudolph.

4. Which of the following is NOT true of Baretski?
(a) He is skinny with a cruel smirk.
(b) He has a severe case of acne.
(c) He talks about women like he is a teenager.
(d) He is a year younger than Lale.

5. What does Gita tell her brothers that makes them laugh?
(a) That she is afraid of who they have become.
(b) That she thinks they look like toothpicks.
(c) That she looks better in a Russian uniform than they do.
(d) That she is stronger than they are.

Short Answer Questions

1. What falls on Lale as he tattoos new arrivals the morning after the Romany's are rounded up?

2. What did Gita's mother tell Mrs. Goldstein about Gita's brothers?

3. Why does Yuri's attitude toward Lale change?

4. Who is the Nazis chief torturer?

5. Who is the man in the white coat at camp?

(see the answer key)

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