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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 is Baretski's nationality?

2. What is Lale's full name?

3. Who pulled Lale off the death-cart?

4. What is the purpose of Block 10?

5. How old is Nadya?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Leon?

3. What is the irony of the meaning of Nayda's name?

4. When does Gita say she will tell Lale her name and her hometown?

5. Why does Baretski tell Lale that he and others will be receiving extra provisions and extra blankets?

6. Why does Gita not tell Lale that her family has been killed?

7. How do Victor and Yuri play into Lale's desire to survive?

8. Who is Hilda Goldstein and what news does she bring Gita?

9. Who is the man in the white coat and why is Lale afraid of him?

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

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

Define the literary term of motif and demonstrate three examples of how flowers are a recurring motif in The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

Essay Topic 3

What is Auschwitz? Describe the camp and its purpose by giving at least three examples of activities that occurred there.

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