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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has happened to Nadya's family?
(a) They have left her because they did not agree with her political views.
(b) They were not captured and are living in France
(c) They are living in another block.
(d) They have died of typhus.

2. What does Gita do for Mrs. Goldstein?
(a) Gita smuggles Mrs. Goldstein out of camp to safety.
(b) Gita gets Lale to pay the kapo into letting Mrs. Goldstein empty the toilet buckets.
(c) Gita writes letters to politicians to secure Mrs. Goldstein's release from camp.
(d) Gita gives Mrs. Goldstein lots of money so she can bribe her way out of work.

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

4. What does Lale ask the girls working in "Canada" to do in exchange for the food he brings?
(a) To give him money or valuables they find when they are sorting through belongings.
(b) To protect Gita from the SS officers.
(c) To produce false documents so that he can escape.
(d) To walk with him on Sundays.

5. What number is tattooed on Lale's arm?
(a) 32407.
(b) 56900.
(c) 215.
(d) 111999.

6. What does Jakub say to Lale that causes Lale to respond?
(a) "I hate you."
(b) "I can help you."
(c) "I'm very hungry."
(d) "I have lots of money."

7. What did Gita's mother tell Mrs. Goldstein about Gita's brothers?
(a) That they had perished of typhus.
(b) That they joined the resistance.
(c) That they had died in battle.
(d) That they had become food smugglers.

8. What is the name of the camp that Lale is taken to?
(a) Bergen-Belsen.
(b) Treblinka.
(c) Dachau.
(d) Auschwitz.

9. Who does Nadya remind Lale of?
(a) His sister.
(b) Dana.
(c) Gita.
(d) His mother.

10. What does Lale think of when he sees the dead flower by his bed?
(a) "It must be too cold in this block."
(b) "I knew I should have watered it."
(c) "I'll pick more tomorrow."
(d) "Death alone persists in this place."

11. What do many of the Gypsies tell Lale?
(a) That they have never spoken to a Jew before.
(b) That they think he smells bad.
(c) That they are planning an escape.
(d) That they have lots of money to use as bribes.

12. What does Lale do to commemorate the day he met Dr. Mengele?
(a) He writes of the meeting in his journal.
(b) He hides the stash under his mattress.
(c) He leaves a bloodstain in his shirt.
(d) He carves the date on the wall by his bed.

13. What does Lale have stashed inside his jacket pocket?
(a) False papers.
(b) Money.
(c) Extra food.
(d) Photographs of his family.

14. What is Pepan's native country?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Poland.
(d) England.

15. What classification do Victor and Yuri fall into?
(a) They are political enemies of Germany.
(b) They are Jewish prisoners.
(c) They are gypsy workers.
(d) They are paid laborers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Baretski's nationality?

2. Where is Cilka taken when the SS take her away from work?

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

4. Two guys who volunteer to fulfill Baretski's request have the same name. What is it?

5. What has Dr. Mengele done to Leon?

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