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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Army officer who admires Rhoda?
(a) Harrison Peters.
(b) Sime Anderson.
(c) Julius Wurtweiler.
(d) Breckingridge Long.

2. Where does Leslie get information about the concentration camps?
(a) Theater pamphlets.
(b) University newspapers.
(c) Major newspapers.
(d) Ladies magazines.

3. Whom is Leslie Slote surprised to meet with while he is in Washington trying to get the American government to help with the plight of European Jews?
(a) Selma Ascher.
(b) Sime Anderson.
(c) Pam Tudsbury.
(d) Pug Henry.

4. Madame Rosen's orphanage is located outside of __________.
(a) Paris.
(b) Marseilles.
(c) Toulouse.
(d) Lourdes.

5. While unpacking Pug's things together at the new apartment, Rhoda and Pam hear of whose death?
(a) President Roosevelt.
(b) Louis Henry.
(c) Aaron Jastrow.
(d) Leslie Slote.

Short Answer Questions

1. Berel Jastrow travels with forged papers as Reinhold Henkle, a German _____________.

2. As Aaron gets off the train at Auschwitz, he and the others are told to go where?

3. What does a farmer toss into the train car that Natalie is riding to Auschwitz?

4. Aaron sings and dances to a death song one night and as the performance ends Aaron recognizes _____.

5. Aaron treasures his time at Theresienstadt because he found what there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What act of kindness strikes Natalie as she is being transported in a cattle car from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz?

2. How does Aaron manage to get some better food on the train when he is being transported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt?

3. Why does Rhoda disagree with Pug about helping to get Natalie out of Europe?

4. What happens when Aaron and Natalie meet with Eichmann during their stay at Theresienstadt?

5. What does Aster do during battle to show himself to be less than honorable?

6. What does Madeline reveal about their parents' marriage in the letter she writes to Byron?

7. How does Mutterperl die, leaving Berel alone to escape?

8. What ordeal does Natalie go through before she learns that Louis is not dead?

9. What does Pug discover when he asks other Americans in Iran about Rhoda and Peters?

10. How does Pug's visit go with President Roosevelt when he returns to Washington after losing the Northampton?

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