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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase does Lale recite as he helps pile up the dead bodies after the airplane flies overhead and the guards open fire on the yard?
(a) "May his name be magnified and made holy."
(b) "No matter how hard I try, I can' survive this."
(c) "Gita must live."
(d) "I curse the Nazis and all they stand for."

2. Why will Lale not share any more information about his family with Gita?
(a) Because Lale cannot remember any details about his family.
(b) Because Gita will not tell him her name or hometown until she leaves the camp.
(c) Because Gita does not want to know.
(d) Because Lale is ashamed of his family.

3. What does the kapo of Gita's block, say she likes in addition to chocolate?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Apples.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Bread.

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

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

6. What does Lale use as a bribe for the kapo of Gita's block?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Apples.
(d) Bread.

7. What does Lale give to the surviving children after the guards have shot the people in the courtyard?
(a) Extra bread.
(b) Toys.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Books with stories.

8. What did the female prisoners do to make the bomb?
(a) They stole dynamite charges from the railroad.
(b) They broke into the German warehouse at Birkenau and stole bomb-making materials.
(c) They smuggled in gunpowder under their fingernails.
(d) They generated explosive charges by compiling sawdust and gasoline.

9. What is the Black Wall?
(a) A place where prisoners can climb over and sometimes escape.
(b) A place where prisoners are taken to be shot.
(c) A place where the women go to buy favors with sex.
(d) A place where the guards smoke their cigarettes.

10. Who is Lale warned to beware of?
(a) The attractive, gay officer.
(b) The Russian security guard at the fence.
(c) The young boys wandering the streets.
(d) The grandmas in the cafe.

11. Where is the pick-up place for the transport of the girls to the chalet?
(a) The butcher shop.
(b) The schoolhouse.
(c) The bakery.
(d) The river.

12. What is Lale's sister's last name?
(a) Manfred.
(b) Rudolph.
(c) Sokolav.
(d) Yannet.

13. What does Lale do to Mendel's tattooed number?
(a) He writes the words "Work Makes You Free" over the numbers.
(b) He covers over it with a big green block.
(c) He turns it into a snake.
(d) He changes the numbers into a picture of a train.

14. How does the physical appearance of the Gita's kapo change when Lale starts bribing her?
(a) She starts wearing glasses.
(b) She flaunts a diamond bracelet under her uniform.
(c) She gets fat.
(d) She gets gray-haired.

15. What was Lale's job before he volunteered to go to the Germans on behalf of his family?
(a) He worked for his father driving horse-drawn taxis.
(b) He worked as a translator for the Slovak news agency.
(c) He was a tailor of fine clothing.
(d) He was an assistant to the leader of the Slovak National Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of transportation does Lale use to get back to Bratislava from Krompechy?

2. Who is the Nazis chief torturer?

3. After Lale is released from the punishment block, what block number is he assigned to?

4. What things did Lale's mother tell him were important to women?

5. Why do most women in the camp wear scarves on their heads?

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