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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 does Hans Adler die of in Chapter 14?

2. How many suitcases where Dita's family allowed to take when they were relocated to Terezin?

3. What letters and number were added to the tattoos of the Jews from the Terezin ghetto?

4. In Chapter 9, where are the new prisoners from who arrive at Auschwitz?

5. When did Dita and her family arrive in Auschwitz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dita overhear in Chapter 7?

2. At the end of Chapter 10, who does Professor Morgenstern tell Dita can be trusted in Auschwitz?

3. How does Rudi get pencils for Alice?

4. In Chapter 6, why is no one milling in the doorway of Barrack 16?

5. What do Dita's parents do at Auschwitz?

6. How do Dita and her mother get to see her father before he dies?

7. What did Fredy find solace in after his father's death?

8. What does Mengele say and do when he confronts Dita in Chapter 3?

9. How do Alice Munk and other assistants create writing utensils?

10. How does Dita describe Professor Morgenstern?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Renee reluctantly spends time with the SS guard Viktor. Why does Viktor spend time with Renee? Why does Renee spend time with Viktor when she does not like him and she is criticized for being with him? Why would Renee like to hate Viktor? How is hate similar to love? Why does Renee believe that a person does not have a choice to love and hate? What is revealed about relationships through the friendship between Viktor and Renee?

Essay Topic 2

Flashbacks are used in the novel. How do flashbacks help readers understand characters and their previous lives? How do flashbacks provide context and contrast the lives of characters in the concentration camp to their previous lives? What purpose do flashbacks serve?

Essay Topic 3

Conflicts can be external or internal or man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self. What are some conflicts that occur in the book? How would most of the conflicts be classified: man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. self and internal or external conflicts? Which conflicts seem to be the most difficult for characters to deal with?

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