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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. When Lale is performing manual labor, what happens to the last person to finish his task?
(a) He is given double work on the next assignment.
(b) He is kicked and beaten.
(c) He is taken to the torture chamber.
(d) He is shot by the SS officers.

2. What did the friend of the two boys who appear at Lale's block in the middle of the night do?
(a) He played a practical joke on an SS officer.
(b) He stole food from the kitchen.
(c) He beat up the kapo guarding his block.
(d) He escaped and then got caught.

3. What is one perk that the Slovak girls have that others do not?
(a) They have been allotted extra rations.
(b) They have acquired casual clothes from Canada.
(c) They have shower privileges.
(d) They have been allowed to re-grow their hair.

4. Why does Nayda tell Lale she cannot stay?
(a) Because she does not like him.
(b) Because she is not Jewish.
(c) Because she believes she is going to go home.
(d) Because she has no choice.

5. Which group of workers is most negatively affected when the transports with incoming prisoners slow down?
(a) The tattooist and his assistant.
(b) The Sonderkommando.
(c) The girls in Canada.
(d) The women working in the munitions factory.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why has Lale lost his faith?

3. How can Mendel help thank Lale?

4. 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?

5. What is Lale's relationship with the Romany men?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the explosion at the crematorium happen?

3. What happens to the Romany people who live in the block with Lale?

4. How do Dana and the four other girls avoid detection by the Germans?

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

6. What does Lale tell Cilka when he says good-bye to all the girls who are being transported out of the camp?

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

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

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

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

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