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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. Where is Madam Rosen told the German military needs to move the current orphanage building to?

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

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

4. When asked, on the train ride to Auschwitz, Aaron compares Hitler to _________.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Wouk highlights many of the harsh realities of the plight of the Jews during World War II through the story of Natalie and Aaron.

Essay Topic 2

How does Pug show himself to be an honorable person in both his military career and his personal life? What aspect of the war and of the American persona of this time period is represented through the character of Pug Henry?

Essay Topic 3

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

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