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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. Where does Gita go to after she leaves Krakow?
(a) New York.
(b) London.
(c) Bratislava.
(d) Budapest.

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

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

4. Which of the following does NOT give Lale a brief glimmer of hope?
(a) The Germans continue to exterminate Jews and other political groups.
(b) The Russian army is advancing closer to camp.
(c) Some prisoners have been stockpiling small weapons.
(d) Recent arrivals say they have heard of an uprising.

5. What language to Lale and the torturer of Block 11 use to communicate?
(a) French.
(b) Yiddish.
(c) German.
(d) Polish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lale ask to help him get Mendel on a transport?

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

3. 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?

4. What happens as more and more people come into camp?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dana's fate?

2. How do Lale and Gita differ in their perception of Cilka after being forced to be Schwarzhuber's sex slave?

3. How does the slow-down in the number of prisoners coming into the camp affect the Sonderkommando?

4. What role does Cilka play in Lale's placement back in his old block with the Romany people?

5. What does Lale find astounding about the one girl other than Cilka who has been allowed to keep her hair?

6. At the beginning of 1945, what are small signs of hope that the tide of the war is turning?

7. What happens when Gita and the four girls run away from the train across the open field in an attempt to escape?

8. What group of the Romany people is Lale the least connected to?

9. How does Lale escape from the Russian chalet?

10. How do the prisoners respond when the U.S. Air Force jet flies over the camp?

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