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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On their first meeting, what kind of food does Victor give Lale?
(a) A slice of cheese.
(b) An apple.
(c) A sausage.
(d) A loaf of bread.

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

3. What color is the flower that Lale sees by the railroad track the day that Leon is taken away?
(a) Blood-red with a black center.
(b) Bright yellow with a brown center.
(c) Soft pink with a rose-like smell.
(d) Pure white with yellow powder in the center.

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

5. What job is Gita assigned to do after being ill?
(a) Kitchen work, peeling potatoes and making broth.
(b) Manual labor, pulling dead bodies to wagons.
(c) Clerical work, listing prisoner information on cards and in a ledger.
(d) Janitorial work, emptying slop pots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baretski do when he sees prisoners resting on the ground?

2. What building are Victor and Yuri working on when Lale first meets them?

3. What illness does Lale suffer from?

4. What year is it when Lale is brought to the camp?

5. Who is the captain of the SS team playing in the sport tournament?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Gita's cellmates keep her alive when she is ill?

2. What group of people move into Lale's private block and why are they there?

3. What is the significance of a four-leaf clover?

4. Before their experience at the camp, how would the Romany's and Lale feel about each other?

5. Why is Lale pulled toward the woman known as Nayda?

6. What does Lale do to help Gita survive after she has recovered from typhus?

7. What happens to the prisoners that Lale sees loaded onto the bus shortly after he arrives at the camp?

8. What act of kindness does Gita do for Mrs. Goldstein?

9. Who is the man in the white coat and why is Lale afraid of him?

10. What do the Sonderkommando and Lale have in common?

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