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

2. Who writes to tell Byron the truth about Pug and Rhoda's divorce?

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

4. What is Natalie told Louis died of?

5. What is the name of the new director at Theresienstadt after Aaron becomes a Jewish official?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

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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