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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 is the name of the submarine Byron commands?

2. General Yevlenko is a big proponent of what system in Russia?

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

4. While unpacking Pug's things together at the new apartment, Rhoda and Pam hear of whose death?

5. What is Sime Anderson working on for the government?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Rhoda ask Pug for a divorce?

3. How does Aaron get Natalie off the list of Jews to be moved out of Theresienstadt?

4. What does the Red Cross representative who gave a glowing report of Theresienstadt later testify that he knew?

5. What does General Yevlenko tell Pug about what has happened in Leningrad?

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

7. How does Louis make the German soldier guarding them on the train laugh?

8. What is Theresienstadt and how does it allow the Germans to fool the rest of the world?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are both the flaws and the depths of relationships in the novel magnified during war?

Essay Topic 2

In this digital, high-tech age, would it be easier to round up and mistreat a large group of people? Are there modern day examples like the mass killings of the Jews in the 1940s? What does Wouk seem to give as the reason these atrocities can happen?

Essay Topic 3

"Our little earth contains traces of the primordial ash of creation, powerful in handful sizes to wipe us all out: and human nature contains traces of savagery, persisting in advanced society, which can use the stuff to wipe us out." Discuss what Wouk means by this statement in the last chapter.

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