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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were 3,792 prisoners from the family camp BIIb gassed and incinerated in Crematorium III of Auschwitz-Birenau?
(a) March 7, 1944.
(b) March 5, 1944.
(c) March 8, 1944.
(d) March 11, 1944.

2. In Chapter 29, how many bodies have to be removed from Dita's hut daily?
(a) 9 or 10.
(b) 5 or 6.
(c) Half a dozen.
(d) Dozens.

3. In Chapter 22, what is the name of the man that Dita asks about Hirsch's death?
(a) David.
(b) Kurt.
(c) Peter.
(d) Rudolph.

4. In Chapter 25, how many additional children arrived in the May transport?
(a) 300.
(b) 250.
(c) 225.
(d) 275.

5. In Chapter 23, how many children are in Block 31?
(a) 210.
(b) 360.
(c) 190.
(d) 85.

6. What color are Mengele's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Gray.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

7. In Chapter 21, how old are the girls for whom Miriam Edelstein and Dita improvise a handwriting lesson?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

8. At the end of the Postscript, how often would Dita spend time in her apartment in Prague?
(a) A few days every year or so.
(b) A few days every two or three years.
(c) A couple months yearly.
(d) A few weeks yearly.

9. In Chapter 21, when did Mengele put a stop to a serious outbreak of typhus?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1944.

10. In Chapter 32, where have Margit and her father gone?
(a) Teplice.
(b) Chlumec.
(c) Litvinov.
(d) Zalany.

11. What does Richard Keller enjoy singing?
(a) Opera.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Hymns.
(d) Blues.

12. At Bergen-Belsen, what time is the evening curfew?
(a) 7:30 p.m.
(b) 6:30 p.m.
(c) 7 p.m.
(d) 8 p.m.

13. At the end of Chapter 26, how does Lichtenstern get everyone's attention when he makes an announcement?
(a) Claps his hands.
(b) Stomps his feet.
(c) Yells loudly.
(d) Blows Hirsch's whistle.

14. In Chapter 25, when does another transport arrive in the family camp from Terezin?
(a) May 8, 1944.
(b) May 21, 1944.
(c) May 1, 1944.
(d) May 15, 1944.

15. How many people from the September transport does Rudi think will be left behind in the family camp in Chapter 18?
(a) 11.
(b) 17.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Margit wearing on her head when she and Dita are reunited in Chapter 29?

2. At the end of Chapter 18, what does Lichtenstern exchange his meal ration for?

3. How old is the new Blockaltester in Dita and her mother's barracks?

4. At the end of Chapter 16, who asks Dita to borrow the book she is reading when she is finished with it?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 32, what is Dita wearing?

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