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

2. Why do the men in Lale's new block assignment help him after Lale has been beaten?

3. What does Lale believe in?

4. What item does Baretski ask Lale to procure?

5. When is Lale going to tell Gita what he saw in the crematorium?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the explosion at the crematorium happen?

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

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

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

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

6. What is Dana's fate?

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

8. What happens when Gita and the four girls run away from the train across the open field in an attempt to escape?

9. What group of the Romany people is Lale the least connected to?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the characters of Leon and Dr. Mengele. Who were they? How did they affect each other? What is known about Dr. Mengele after the war?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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