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

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

3. Why does the kapo of Gita's block not harass Lale?
(a) Because Baretski has told her not to interfere in Lale and Gita's relationship.
(b) Because the kapo is friendly with Gita.
(c) Because the kapo does not care what happens in her block.
(d) Because the kapo has a crush on Lale.

4. What causes the explosions at the camp?
(a) A faulty gas canister.
(b) A plot by the prisoners to blow up the crematorium.
(c) The Russian army advanced and blew it up.
(d) A bomb was dropped from an Allied plane.

5. What is the name of the man who gives Lale money every morning so he can find entertainment?
(a) Hobart.
(b) Albert.
(c) Adolph.
(d) Friedrich.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Lale's sister's name?

3. In what city do Lale and Gita take up permanent residence?

4. What is the first concentration camp that Lale is sent to after he is moved out of Auschwitz?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the explosion at the crematorium happen?

4. What does Lale do for Mendel Bauer?

5. What does Baretski ask Lale to acquire for him?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Lale recognize about how Gita's job affects her?

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