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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 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 escaped and then got caught.
(d) He beat up the kapo guarding his block.

2. What does Lale say about Cilka?
(a) That she is going to be released because she gives Schwarzhuber what he wants.
(b) That she is a coward.
(c) That she is a hero.
(d) That she is going to die.

3. Why do two boys appear at Lale's block in the middle of the night?
(a) The boys want Lale to help their friend.
(b) The boys want to bribe Lale to get them out of camp.
(c) The boys want to beat up Lale for being a collaborator.
(d) The boys want to rob Lale and get the jewelry and money under his mattress.

4. What is Lale not able to admit when he is transferred to Saurer-Werke?
(a) That he is Jewish.
(b) That he is looking for his girlfriend.
(c) That he is the tattooist from Auschwitz-Birkenau.
(d) That he can speak multiple languages.

5. How many days does Yuri need to acquire what Lale has requested on behalf of Baretski?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 30.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gita ask Lale after his unexpected return from the punishment block?

2. Why will Lale not share any more information about his family with Gita?

3. What reaction is NOT a reaction that Lale and Gita have after they make love?

4. Who do the Romany men interact with most?

5. Who is Lale warned to beware of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Leon?

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

4. What is Lale's job before he volunteers to go to the Germans to protect his family?

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

6. After Lale is released from Block 11 and put with a new group of men in Block 31, what job does he do?

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

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

9. How does Lale escape from the Russian chalet?

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

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