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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. How many days does Yuri need to acquire what Lale has requested on behalf of Baretski?
2. When Lale asks Baretski to get a message to Gita, what else does he ask?
3. What is the first concentration camp that Lale is sent to after he is moved out of Auschwitz?
4. Which of the following is NOT a result of more and more people coming into camp?
5. Why does Nayda tell Lale she cannot stay?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to the Romany people who live in the block with Lale?
2. What happens when Gita and the four girls run away from the train across the open field in an attempt to escape?
3. What does Baretski ask Lale to acquire for him?
4. Discuss the job Lale does for the Russian soldiers when they take him to the chalet.
5. At the beginning of 1945, what are small signs of hope that the tide of the war is turning?
6. How do Lale and Gita differ in their perception of Cilka after being forced to be Schwarzhuber's sex slave?
7. What does Lale find astounding about the one girl other than Cilka who has been allowed to keep her hair?
8. What happens to Leon?
9. What does Lale say about Gita's faith?
10. What does Lale find out about his family when he returns to his home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the phrase "to save the one is to save the world." Include in your answer where this phrase comes from and what it means. Give three examples of how this belief is exemplified in the book.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme "survival at all costs" as seen in the novel. Give three examples of characters or groups of people - other than Lale - who are trying to survive - no matter what it costs them in the long run.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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