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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. How many Jews are transported from Theresienstadt in an effort to alleviate the overcrowding before the Red Cross visit?

2. Whom does Leslie Slote write a letter to, resigning from his position in the Foreign Service?

3. What is the name of Natalie's friend whose daughter often plays with Louis at Theresienstadt?

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

5. After Moscow, Pug is sent to _______.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 how Wouk fuses fact with fiction throughout the novel. How does Wouk blend the military and historical details to enhance and deepen the impact of the story?

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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