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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. How long are Ota and Dita married?

2. When is Viktor executed?

3. In Chapter 25, when does another transport arrive in the family camp from Terezin?

4. In Chapter 24, how long have Rudi and Fred been without food when they decide to ask for help?

5. In Chapter 32, where have Margit and her father gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Ota's book, The Painted Wall, what is said about Hirsch's death?

2. What happens when Dita reads at the end of Chapter 20?

3. What are Renee's thoughts about Viktor, the SS guard?

4. What happens to Viktor Pestek?

5. What does Rudi and Fred do after they are free?

6. What is something that Mengele is celebrated for in Chapter 21?

7. In May of 1944, how many more prisoners arrive in Auschwitz?

8. In Chapter 30, what were the British soldiers expecting when they freed Bergen-Belsen?

9. At the beginning of Chapter 17, what positive thing does Hirsch tell Dita to remember?

10. What is Ota and Dita's life like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel is told from a third-person limited point of view. How does the author’s choice to use that point of view affect the story and what readers know about characters and events?

Essay Topic 2

Dita sees her mother as a quiet woman who just accepts life no matter how difficult it becomes. What type of person does Liesl seem to be? When does Liesl speak up and make her opinion known? How does what Dita’s mother say reveal her to be a different person than Dita had realized? What is revealed about the person she has become? How do Liesl's circumstances change her?

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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