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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 Aaron tell the new director that the music department at Theresienstadt needs?

2. While Byron is in San Francisco for repairs to his submarine, he tests a new gadget for detecting what?

3. What does Leslie Slote tell Julius Wurtweiler is the only real way to help the Jews in Europe?

4. What is removed from Aaron before he is cremated?

5. Where does Aaron work in Theresienstadt?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does a doctor Aaron meets compare Nazi Germany to the Ku Klux Klan?

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

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

9. Why does Rhoda ask Pug for a divorce?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how even in the midst of war, love affairs dominate the hearts and minds of many of the characters. Do books and movies excessively romanticize this time period or are the portrayals of love triangles and such probably accurate?

Essay Topic 2

What does the character of Byron, an American married to an Auschwitz survivor, represent in the novel? What does Louis represent as the son of these two?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the final thoughts Wouk leaves the reader with after the long journey through World War II.

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