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?

4. Leslie Slote explains to the Henrys that Aaron and Natalie are being __________ in France rather than detained.

5. Leslie disagrees with the plans of _____________who believes the Jews can all be moved from Germany.

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Slote's request to help the Jews received by the State Department?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Was the reunion of Byron and Natalie satisfying to the reader? Why or why not? Why do you think Wouk depicted it this way?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What is Wouk showing about human nature through the compliance of the Jews who are manipulated and intimidated by the SS soldiers?

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