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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Afterword through Additional Information:.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Not including himself, how many prisoners does Lale have to find to fulfill Baretski's request?
(a) 2.
(b) 11.
(c) 6.
(d) 17.

3. Why does Nayda's voice make Lale sad?
(a) Because it is emotionless.
(b) Because it is loud.
(c) Because it is scratchy and annoying.
(d) Because it is filled with anger.

4. Why do the men in Lale's new block assignment help him after Lale has been beaten?
(a) Because Lale promises to pay them for their help.
(b) Because Gita has bribed the men to help Lale.
(c) Because Jakub has threatened the men with injury if they do not help Lale.
(d) Because Lale had once given one of the men some extra rations.

5. What does Lale NOT do for the Gypsy people he shares his block with?
(a) He answers their questions as best he can.
(b) He curses them and plots to get them out of his block.
(c) He listens to their stories and asks questions of his own.
(d) He suggests they come up with a schooling arrangement for their children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lale do to Mendel's tattooed number?

3. Who does Baretski say are "the filth of Europe," even worse than Jews?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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