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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 does Aaron work in Theresienstadt?

2. What is the name of Pug's contact who may have enough clout to help Natalie?

3. What kind of program has Natalie been to when she returns to her room to discover new clothes for her meeting with Eichmann?

4. What does Aaron use to try to bribe the commander of Theresienstadt to save Natalie from being transported?

5. What is the name of the SS officer who is in charge of uncovering the mass graves and burning the bodies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Rhoda ask Pug for a divorce?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why are the children at Madame Rosen's orphanage rounded up by the Nazis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the novel depicts the way many Americans, even those overseas, failed to understand the impact World War II was soon to have on everyone's lives.

Essay Topic 3

How was the "Wannsee Protocol" used to convey the horror of what happened in the German death camps from the dual vantage point of being in the thick of the war and the wisdom of hindsight?

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