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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. Who is Lale warned to beware of?

2. What kind of airplane flies over the concentration camp?

3. Why will Lale not share any more information about his family with Gita?

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

5. Why can Cilka not get pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who doles out the punishment and torture in Block 11 and how is the presence of this person significant to Lale?

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

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

4. What is Dana's fate?

5. What happens to Leon?

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

7. Why is there more unrest in the camps as more people come in?

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

9. What does Lale find out about his family when he returns to his home?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the literary term of irony. Then discuss how the literary term of irony is evident in the motto on the gates to Auschwitz.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of Dana in Gita's life, and give three examples of how Dana's actions helped prolong Gita's life.

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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