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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 does the kapo of Gita's block, say she likes in addition to chocolate?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Bread.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Apples.

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

3. When Lale asks Baretski to get a message to Gita, what else does he ask?
(a) Lale asks Gita to tell Bella to put his name on a list.
(b) Lale asks Gita to tell Nayda that he is okay.
(c) Lale asks Gita to tell Cilka where he is.
(d) Lale asks Gita to share the news with Dana.

4. What is Lale's relationship with the Romany men?
(a) He is very close to them.
(b) He works with them every day.
(c) He admires their way with women.
(d) He does not connect very well with them.

5. Which of the following is NOT a result of more and more people coming into camp?
(a) Disputes occur over lack of respect for new arrivals.
(b) Quarrels erupt because the longest-term prisoners get perks.
(c) Turf wars increase between nationalities.
(d) Food rations are increased so that workers can build crematoriums faster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lale believe in?

2. What does Lale tell Victor and Yuri that he is going to do?

3. What does Gita tell her brothers that makes them laugh?

4. What do many of the prisoners scream when they see a plane flying overhead?

5. Why do two boys appear at Lale's block in the middle of the night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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