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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 endearment does Gita bestow on Lale?

2. What does Lale NOT do for the Gypsy people he shares his block with?

3. According to Baretski, what event is going to happen that will cause Lale to get extra rations?

4. What country is Jakub from?

5. What does Lale ask Baretski to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Cilka?

2. When Gita is moved to the administration building, what is her job assignment?

3. What happens to Leon?

4. Why does Gita not tell Lale that her family has been killed?

5. What role do Victor and Yuri play in the camp's labor structure?

6. Who is the man in the white coat and why is Lale afraid of him?

7. Why is the building that many of the girls work called Canada?

8. How do Gita's cellmates keep her alive when she is ill?

9. What group of people wear the green triangle and what kind of people are they?

10. Why is Lale pulled toward the woman known as Nayda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the literary term of motif and demonstrate three examples of how flowers are a recurring motif in The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

Essay Topic 2

Argue that Cilka is or is not a Nazi conspirator. Back up your argument with at least three reasons you feel this way.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's use of dreams as a way of relaying information. Give three examples from the text where dreams were used to convey background material on Lale.

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