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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 Lale tell Victor and Yuri that he is going to do?
(a) Lale is going to stop paying them.
(b) Lale is going to want a dozen pair of nylons.
(c) Lale is going to need three times as much food as before.
(d) Lale is going to scale back his business.

2. What animal does Baretski think Lale may be like?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A dog.
(c) A cat.
(d) A horse.

3. What does Gita ask Lale after his unexpected return from the punishment block?
(a) "What happened to you? Where have you been?"
(b) "Did you think of me while you were gone?"
(c) "How many times did they hit you?"
(d) "Have you had anything to eat?"

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

5. How does the physical appearance of the Gita's kapo change when Lale starts bribing her?
(a) She gets fat.
(b) She flaunts a diamond bracelet under her uniform.
(c) She gets gray-haired.
(d) She starts wearing glasses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lale use as a bribe for the kapo of Gita's block?

2. Where does Gita go to after she leaves Krakow?

3. Where is the pick-up place for the transport of the girls to the chalet?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Lale escape from the Russian chalet?

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