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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to Nadya's family?

2. What is Baretski's nationality?

3. Who does Nadya remind Lale of?

4. What is NOT a characteristic of Nadya?

5. What job is Gita assigned to do after being ill?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lale believe he and Gita have a future?

2. Why is Lale pulled toward the woman known as Nayda?

3. What do the Sonderkommando and Lale have in common?

4. What happens to the prisoners that Lale sees loaded onto the bus shortly after he arrives at the camp?

5. What is the significance of a four-leaf clover?

6. What group of people wear the green triangle and what kind of people are they?

7. When Gita is moved to the administration building, what is her job assignment?

8. What is Lale's final act of rebellion upon arriving at the camp?

9. Who is Jakub and why does Lale tell him that he will do well at Auschwitz?

10. What group of people move into Lale's private block and why are they there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's use of dreams as a way of relaying information. Give three examples from the text where dreams were used to convey background material on Lale.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Lale's survival instinct. Give five examples of actions he took to survive

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Lale's attitude toward women. Give at least three examples of how his attitude is reflected in his behavior. Include a statement of where he acquired his ideas about women.

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