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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two words does Lale think that Gita will one day say to him in the presence of family and friends?
(a) I do.
(b) You rock.
(c) Love you.
(d) Not me.

2. What is Gita's last name?
(a) Abbott.
(b) Furman.
(c) Weinhoff.
(d) Goldstein.

3. Instead of telling Gita about what he sees in the crematorium, what does Lale tell her?
(a) "I took another step into the abyss but got to step back out of it."
(b) "I must have nine lives."
(c) "Out of the frying pan, into the fire."
(d) "I'll tell you about it when we get out of here."

4. What does Gita ask Lale after his unexpected return from the punishment block?
(a) "Have you had anything to eat?"
(b) "How many times did they hit you?"
(c) "What happened to you? Where have you been?"
(d) "Did you think of me while you were gone?"

5. Which of Gita's friends says she prefers dying in a field in Poland with her friends than going any further?
(a) Dana.
(b) Bella.
(c) Cilka.
(d) Ivana.

6. What woman does Baretski say saved Lale?
(a) Cilka.
(b) Gita.
(c) Bella.
(d) Dana.

7. What falls on Lale as he tattoos new arrivals the morning after the Romany's are rounded up?
(a) Raindrops.
(b) Flower petals.
(c) Ash.
(d) Snow.

8. What is Lale's sister's name?
(a) Goldie.
(b) Bertie.
(c) Lucie.
(d) Jennie.

9. What does Lale tell Victor and Yuri that he is going to do?
(a) Lale is going to stop paying them.
(b) Lale is going to scale back his business.
(c) Lale is going to want a dozen pair of nylons.
(d) Lale is going to need three times as much food as before.

10. Where is the Saurer-Werke camp located?
(a) In Hamburg, Germany.
(b) In Vienna, Austria.
(c) In Krakow, Poland.
(d) In Budapest, Hungary.

11. Why do most women in the camp wear scarves on their heads?
(a) To hide their cropped heads.
(b) To keep warm.
(c) To protect against lice.
(d) To demonstrate their fashion sense.

12. What does Lale believe in?
(a) In getting out of the camp and having a life with Gita.
(b) In informing on his friends so he can remain alive.
(c) In making lots of money and living in luxury again.
(d) In throwing caution to the wind and trying to escape.

13. What is the first concentration camp that Lale is sent to after he is moved out of Auschwitz?
(a) Dachau.
(b) Treblinka.
(c) Bergen-Belsen.
(d) Mauthausen.

14. Why does Nayda tell Lale she cannot stay?
(a) Because she believes she is going to go home.
(b) Because she is not Jewish.
(c) Because she does not like him.
(d) Because she has no choice.

15. What do the girls who agree to provide entertainment for the Russian officers get in return?
(a) Money and jewelry.
(b) Perfume and lace.
(c) Bread and cheese.
(d) Chocolate and stockings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gita go to after she leaves Krakow?

2. What is Lale worried will happen to him in the future?

3. What does the torturer use to whip Lale?

4. Who is Lale warned to beware of?

5. What was Lale's job before he volunteered to go to the Germans on behalf of his family?

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