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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Golda and Ernie decide there is no time left to do?
(a) Tell their families about their wedding.
(b) Find a rabbi to marry them.
(c) Set up a canopy for their wedding.
(d) Invite their friends to their wedding.

2. What does Ernie believe is written on his face?
(a) The evacuation of the Jewish people.
(b) The future of the Jewish people.
(c) The hope of the Jewish people.
(d) The death of the Jewish people.

3. What do the SS officers tell the Jewish prisoners that the men will be doing?
(a) Building offices and apartments.
(b) Clearing forests.
(c) Building houses and roads.
(d) Building bridges.

4. What were the prisoners instructed to take with them to the baths?
(a) Their suitcases and clothing.
(b) Their identification.
(c) Their soap and toiletries.
(d) Their valuables and papers.

5. What were suicidal Jews at Buchenwald requested to do?
(a) Put identification in their mouths.
(b) Leave the room.
(c) Wait to be killed.
(d) Turn in their personal possessions.

6. What had Mordecai told The Association that Ernie would prove himself to be?
(a) An unknown Just Man.
(b) A Just Man of the Levy family.
(c) An imposter.
(d) A genius.

7. In a letter, what does Benjamin Levy tell his soldier son that being a Jew is?
(a) Thrilling.
(b) Impossible.
(c) An honor.
(d) Scary.

8. What does Ernie realizes he lacks when he enters the street in his dream?
(a) Golda.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Directions.
(d) Skin.

9. Where did Ernie find work in 1943?
(a) A baker's.
(b) A tailor's.
(c) A furrier's.
(d) A crystal maker's.

10. Ernie tells Golda that Jesus was _____________.
(a) An old-fashioned Jewish Just Man.
(b) The first fascist.
(c) A symbol of war and division.
(d) An innocent victim of men's greed.

11. What does Mario eat while he is living as a dog?
(a) He refuses to eat.
(b) Bones.
(c) Bread and water.
(d) Raw meat.

12. What does Ernie feel after rescuing Golda, the red-haired girl?
(a) Sorrow that turned to Pity.
(b) Sorry that turned to happiness.
(c) Pity that turned to happiness.
(d) Pity that turned to sorrow.

13. Golda, the red-haired girl Ernie rescues, tells him that the Nazis would not have taken her with them because ____________.
(a) Her older brother was coming to protect her.
(b) She is stronger than they were.
(c) They were about to leave.
(d) She isn't pretty enough.

14. Why does Ernie decide he must leave the city of Marseilles?
(a) He is losing weight.
(b) He keeps falling in love.
(c) He keeps getting in fights.
(d) He is reminded of home.

15. Where did Ernie tell the children they would find happiness?
(a) Heaven.
(b) The Kingdom of Israel.
(c) England.
(d) Poland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quotation from La Pasionara is repeated in Ernie's regiment when France is defeated?

2. What does Ernie's moustache cause him to resemble?

3. What kind of dogs do the SS officers bring with them to help manage the people in the boxcars?

4. How does Ernie respond when reprimanded by the doctor for telling the children their experience was just a dream?

5. What is the last thing Ernie promises the children?

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