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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 is the name of the Army officer who admires Rhoda?

2. Pam and Pug are moving into a Washington apartment that formerly belong to whom?

3. When does the Red Cross visit Theresienstadt?

4. General Yevlenko is a big proponent of what system in Russia?

5. The _______ Jews were the spotlight of the Red Cross visit to Theresienstadt.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Aster do during battle to show himself to be less than honorable?

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

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

7. Why does Rhoda ask Pug for a divorce?

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

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

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

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

How does the character of Leslie Slote play the role as the collective conscience of Americans?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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