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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gita tell her brothers that makes them laugh?
(a) That she is afraid of who they have become.
(b) That she is stronger than they are.
(c) That she thinks they look like toothpicks.
(d) That she looks better in a Russian uniform than they do.

2. What language to Lale and the torturer of Block 11 use to communicate?
(a) German.
(b) Polish.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) French.

3. What did the female prisoners do to make the bomb?
(a) They stole dynamite charges from the railroad.
(b) They generated explosive charges by compiling sawdust and gasoline.
(c) They broke into the German warehouse at Birkenau and stole bomb-making materials.
(d) They smuggled in gunpowder under their fingernails.

4. What does Gita know about the loss of life that Lale does not?
(a) The personal information of each prisoner.
(b) The locations of remaining family members of prisoners.
(c) The exact number of prisoners who have been gassed.
(d) The names of all the SS guards who are performing the executions.

5. Why do most women in the camp wear scarves on their heads?
(a) To hide their cropped heads.
(b) To keep warm.
(c) To protect against lice.
(d) To demonstrate their fashion sense.

6. What does Jakub tell Lale about what he will do to him?
(a) He will kill Lale to save ten others.
(b) He will beat him to death no matter how many names Lale gives up.
(c) He will help him escape.
(d) He will stop beating him after Lale gives five names.

7. What things did Lale's mother tell him were important to women?
(a) Perfume, opera, and going out on Saturday nights.
(b) Fine jewelry, joking, and nice meals.
(c) Money and a fancy wardrobe.
(d) Flowers, chocolate, his time and attention.

8. Where is the pick-up place for the transport of the girls to the chalet?
(a) The butcher shop.
(b) The river.
(c) The schoolhouse.
(d) The bakery.

9. What woman does Baretski say saved Lale?
(a) Bella.
(b) Cilka.
(c) Gita.
(d) Dana.

10. Which of Gita's friends says she prefers dying in a field in Poland with her friends than going any further?
(a) Ivana.
(b) Cilka.
(c) Bella.
(d) Dana.

11. What do the two men who ask Lale to procure food for them give him in return?
(a) A South-African gold coin.
(b) A bracelet with rubies and garnets.
(c) An emerald ring.
(d) A small perfect diamond.

12. What does the kapo of Gita's block, say she likes in addition to chocolate?
(a) Bread.
(b) Sausage.
(c) Apples.
(d) Cheese.

13. What is the Block number that Lale is assigned to for punishment?
(a) Block 7.
(b) Block 29.
(c) Block 11.
(d) Block 31.

14. In what city do Lale and Gita take up permanent residence?
(a) Vienna, Austria.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Melbourne, Australia.
(d) Rome, Italy.

15. What did the friend of the two boys who appear at Lale's block in the middle of the night do?
(a) He beat up the kapo guarding his block.
(b) He played a practical joke on an SS officer.
(c) He stole food from the kitchen.
(d) He escaped and then got caught.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gita's last name?

2. What does Lale tell Victor and Yuri that he is going to do?

3. How does Cilka help Lale?

4. Which of the following does NOT give Lale a brief glimmer of hope?

5. When is Lale going to tell Gita what he saw in the crematorium?

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