View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is NOT a perk of being the Tattooist?
(a) He gets paid to do his job.
(b) He gets his own room.
(c) He gets extra rations.
(d) He gets to eat in the administration building.

3. How do Gita's friends give her water while she is ill and they are working?
(a) They give her pieces of snow.
(b) They ask the hospital building for water.
(c) They only give her water at night while they are in their block.
(d) They smuggle in a bottle of water.

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

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

6. What does Lale do with his extra rations?
(a) He gives them back to the cook so there will be more for someone else.
(b) He uses them to feed his friends.
(c) He sells them to other prisoners.
(d) He puts them under his mattress so he can eat them later.

7. What does Lale find in Auschwitz behind Block 10?
(a) An enclosed yard filled with naked girls.
(b) A secret tunnel leading to Block 12.
(c) A fenced in lo filled with old men.
(d) A separate gas chamber.

8. 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 suggests they come up with a schooling arrangement for their children.
(d) He listens to their stories and asks questions of his own.

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

10. What was Pepan's former occupation?
(a) He was an artist.
(b) He was the editor of a political paper.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a professor of economics.

11. Two guys who volunteer to fulfill Baretski's request have the same name. What is it?
(a) Joel.
(b) Herman.
(c) Aron.
(d) Manny.

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

13. How old is Nadya?
(a) 63 years old.
(b) 36 years old.
(c) 55 years old.
(d) 41 years old.

14. What does Lale notice about the tops of the fences at the camp?
(a) They are electrified.
(b) They are painted bright gold.
(c) They are sharpened to points.
(d) They are equipped with speakers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill does Lale have that others do not?

2. How is Cilka different from other women prisoners?

3. What does Nayda's name mean?

4. How many of the volunteers for Baretski's request have played semi-professionally?

5. What endearment does Gita bestow on Lale?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 620 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample