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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. Who in Chapter 4 traded food with the dysentery patients so he could stay in the infirmary?

2. Where was Levi injured in Chapter 4?

3. How many pounds of rubber were produced from the Buna factory?

4. In Chapter 1, how many minutes did it take the Germans to round up all the fit men?

5. In Chapter 6, how many times did the Pole wake Levi in the night?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 7, what made Levi understand why men worshipped the sun?

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

4. What was "Waschetauschen"?

5. How did Levi describe the journey on the train to Poland?

6. In Chapter 5, what did Levi often dream?

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

8. Who was Alberto?

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

10. What was Mahorca?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 3, Levi felt as though he was participating in an initiation as he learned the ways of the camp. In what way was Levi's introduction to the camp an initiation? Why was the process so difficult? Did what Levi went through help him acclimate to the camp?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 2, Levi and the other new prisoners had a lot to learn. What were some of the things the prisoners had to learn? What made learning difficult for Levi and the others? How were lessons learned? What were some of the most important lessons and why?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 9, Levi believed that there were two classes of men in the Lager: the drowned and the saved. Who were the drowned? How did their actions get them exterminated? Who were the survivors? What did they do that helped them survive? Why did Levi divide the prisoners only into two classes.

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