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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. What object did the female prisoners use to make the bombs?
(a) Sardine tins.
(b) Watering cans.
(c) Chamber pots.
(d) Old suitcases.

2. What does Gita know about the loss of life that Lale does not?
(a) The names of all the SS guards who are performing the executions.
(b) The exact number of prisoners who have been gassed.
(c) The locations of remaining family members of prisoners.
(d) The personal information of each prisoner.

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

4. What does the torturer use to whip Lale?
(a) A spiked thong.
(b) A leather whip.
(c) A birch rod.
(d) A metal pole.

5. Why can Cilka not get pregnant?
(a) Because Cilka does not go near Schwarzhuber.
(b) Because the women no longer have monthly cycles.
(c) Because Schwarzhuber is impotent.
(d) Because Cilka is using birth control.

Short Answer Questions

1. What falls on Lale as he tattoos new arrivals the morning after the Romany's are rounded up?

2. What does the stationmaster at the train station do for Lale as Lale is traveling home?

3. What two words does Lale think that Gita will one day say to him in the presence of family and friends?

4. What does Lale give to the surviving children after the guards have shot the people in the courtyard?

5. Why do the men in Lale's new block assignment help him after Lale has been beaten?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who doles out the punishment and torture in Block 11 and how is the presence of this person significant to Lale?

2. What does Lale do for Mendel Bauer?

3. What does Lale find out about his family when he returns to his home?

4. How does the explosion at the crematorium happen?

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

6. Why is there more unrest in the camps as more people come in?

7. What does Lale say about Gita's faith?

8. What happens to Leon?

9. Discuss the job Lale does for the Russian soldiers when they take him to the chalet.

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

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