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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. When asked, on the train ride to Auschwitz, Aaron compares Hitler to _________.
(a) Fredrick the Great.
(b) Stalin.
(c) The devil.
(d) American heroes.

2. What is the name of the submarine Byron commands?
(a) Stingray.
(b) Moray.
(c) Barracuda.
(d) Shark.

3. The _______ Jews were the spotlight of the Red Cross visit to Theresienstadt.
(a) American.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Danish.

4. Whom does Leslie Slote write a letter to, resigning from his position in the Foreign Service?
(a) President Roosevelt.
(b) William Tuttle.
(c) Breckingridge Long.
(d) Harry Tomlin.

5. What is the name of the submarine Byron and Aster are on when Aster commands firing on the unarmed Japanese soldiers?
(a) Stingray.
(b) Shark.
(c) Moray.
(d) Barracuda.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Rhoda serve to eat at her reunion with Pug in Washington in Chapter 50?

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

4. What is Germany running low on in the summer of 1944?

5. When he returns to Washington at the end of the war, Pug is offered what position?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Berel Jastrow find the man he is supposed to give the secret documents to in Prague?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Pug feel when he discovers the scrapbook Rhoda made of Warren's life?

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

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

9. What was Natalie's job while she was at Auschwitz?

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

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