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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 other food does Daniel's father barter to get to eat with their rations as Auschwitz?

2. What does Father tell Daniel when Daniel refuses to help the wounded Nazi?

3. What does Karl give Daniel on his 18th birthday?

4. How many hours each day does Daniel work at his new camp?

5. While in quarantine a second time, whom does Daniel tell his stories?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Adam talk about the horrors of Auschwitz in a matter of fact tone?

2. What does the train ride symbolize in chapter thirteen?

3. What is the role of Karl in the story?

4. How does the author use the train ride to symbolize how the treatment of Jews have further declined?

5. Why do the Nazis blow up the crematoria?

6. In what ways are the Germans confused about their future plans?

7. How does Adam's death prove that he lived only for revenge?

8. What is the difference between the Americans and the civilians of the Buchenwald in chapter fifteen?

9. How does Passover provide hope for the Jewish people?

10. What is the significance of the author showing the reader how the Germans live?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of wisdom portrayed in the novel? What character(s) symbolize wisdom?

Essay Topic 2

What is the importance of the Daniel's family members' deaths? Why is this event an important detail about the Germans' attitude toward Jews? Use the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How do the themes of hatred and love continue to battle throughout the novel? Find descriptions from the text to support your answer and to provide evidence for your opinion.

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