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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Gita perform where she works?
(a) She sorts the belongings confiscated from the other prisoners.
(b) She nurses the sick.
(c) She finds food in the woods.
(d) She tattoos the female prisoners.

2. What is Gita's block number?
(a) 15.
(b) 7.
(c) 11.
(d) 29.

3. 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 become food smugglers.
(d) That they had died in battle.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is another name for Gypsy?
(a) Poles.
(b) Romany.
(c) Frogs.
(d) Slovs.

10. When Lale reports to the Administration Building in March of 1943, what letter is he told to use at the start of each tattoo?
(a) The letter Z.
(b) The letter M.
(c) The letter A.
(d) The letter F.

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

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

13. Why does Dr. Mengele choose to take Leon away?
(a) Because Leon went berserk when Dr. Mengele whistled.
(b) Because Leon tried to leave the room when Dr. Mengele entered.
(c) Because Lale stared him down when he was examining a woman.
(d) Because Lale yelled at him.

14. What is Lale's full name?
(a) Laslo Berkenweld.
(b) Leland Hossenfeffer.
(c) Leopold Goldstein.
(d) Ludwig Eisenberg.

15. What is Dr. Mengele's threat to Lale?
(a) "When you're not looking, I'll get you."
(b) "You can never escape me no matter how hard you try."
(c) "If you don't work faster, I will shoot you."
(d) "One day soon, Ttatowierer, I will take you."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pepan's native country?

2. Which of the following does Lale NOT say to the volunteers fulfilling Baretski's request?

3. What is Lale wearing when readers first see him?

4. What day of the week is Lale usually able to see Gita?

5. What does Gita do for Mrs. Goldstein?

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