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

2. What does Lale give to the surviving children after the guards have shot the people in the courtyard?
(a) Toys.
(b) Extra bread.
(c) Books with stories.
(d) Chocolate.

3. Why is Gita upset when Lale sends an SS officer to bring her to him?
(a) Because Cilka cries when she did not to come along.
(b) Because Gita does not want to leave her work undone.
(c) Because when people are taken by an SS officer, they usually do not come back.
(d) Because Gita does not want to be commanded by Lale to appear before him.

4. Who is the Nazis chief torturer?
(a) Baretski.
(b) Victor.
(c) Jakub.
(d) Aron.

5. In what city do Lale and Gita take up permanent residence?
(a) Rome, Italy.
(b) Vienna, Austria.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Melbourne, Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Baretski think Lale may be like?

2. What things did Lale's mother tell him were important to women?

3. What do the girls who agree to provide entertainment for the Russian officers get in return?

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

5. How does the physical appearance of the Gita's kapo change when Lale starts bribing her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the explosion at the crematorium happen?

6. What happens to Leon?

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

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

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

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

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