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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much soup did the Methanol Polish workers abandon?
(a) 20 gallons.
(b) 15 gallons.
(c) 10 gallons.
(d) 5 gallons.

2. How old was Levi when he was captured?
(a) 19.
(b) 31.
(c) 24.
(d) 44.

3. For whom was the camp intended where Levi was taken when he was first captured?
(a) Dissidents.
(b) Gypsies.
(c) English and American POWs.
(d) Jews.

4. Who tried to get Levi to wash in Chapter 3?
(a) Adamo.
(b) Deina.
(c) Steinlauf.
(d) Giuseppe.

5. How much of the population of the camp might be in the infirmary at one time?
(a) One fifth.
(b) A tenth.
(c) An eight.
(d) One fourth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years were the Germans busy with the Buna factory?

2. In what corner of the Lager was the black market set up?

3. What was the longest time that a prisoner might spend in the infirmary?

4. In Chapter 1, when did the train begin the journey to Auschwitz?

5. In Chapter 5, how many times in the night would the bucket have to be emptied?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what could be seen when the sun shone?

2. What was the black market?

3. Who were the Jew of Salonika?

4. How was Levi injured in Chapter 4?

5. Why was it so difficult to carry the sleepers?

6. What happened to Schmulek in Chapter 4?

7. Why did Levi have trouble sleeping in Chapter 3?

8. Why did release from the infirmary required a painful and dangerous period of readjustment?

9. In Chapter 2, where were Levi and the others taken first?

10. Later, what did Levi learn about the fate of the men and women who traveled with him?

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