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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first concentration camp that Lale is sent to after he is moved out of Auschwitz?
(a) Mauthausen.
(b) Treblinka.
(c) Bergen-Belsen.
(d) Dachau.

2. What do many of the prisoners scream when they see a plane flying overhead?
(a) "Come save us!"
(b) "Drop the bombs!"
(c) "Shoot the Germans!"
(d) "We are dying here!"

3. Why does the kapo of Gita's block not harass Lale?
(a) Because Baretski has told her not to interfere in Lale and Gita's relationship.
(b) Because the kapo does not care what happens in her block.
(c) Because the kapo has a crush on Lale.
(d) Because the kapo is friendly with Gita.

4. What is the Black Wall?
(a) A place where the women go to buy favors with sex.
(b) A place where prisoners can climb over and sometimes escape.
(c) A place where the guards smoke their cigarettes.
(d) A place where prisoners are taken to be shot.

5. What two words does Lale think that Gita will one day say to him in the presence of family and friends?
(a) I do.
(b) You rock.
(c) Not me.
(d) Love you.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do most women in the camp wear scarves on their heads?

2. What does Lale believe in?

3. When Lale asks Baretski to get a message to Gita, what else does he ask?

4. What item does Baretski ask Lale to procure?

5. What woman does Baretski say saved Lale?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Lale and Gita differ in their perception of Cilka after being forced to be Schwarzhuber's sex slave?

2. Who doles out the punishment and torture in Block 11 and how is the presence of this person significant to Lale?

3. What does Lale recognize about how Gita's job affects her?

4. What does Baretski ask Lale to acquire for him?

5. What is Lale's job before he volunteers to go to the Germans to protect his family?

6. How does the slow-down in the number of prisoners coming into the camp affect the Sonderkommando?

7. What does Lale say about Gita's faith?

8. How do Dana and the four other girls avoid detection by the Germans?

9. What does Lale find out about his family when he returns to his home?

10. What group of the Romany people is Lale the least connected to?

(see the answer keys)

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