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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 is the first concentration camp that Lale is sent to after he is moved out of Auschwitz?

2. What things did Lale's mother tell him were important to women?

3. What is Lale's sister's last name?

4. What does Lale say about Cilka?

5. Where does Lale find the girls first?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the Romany people who live in the block with Lale?

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

3. What is Dana's fate?

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

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

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

7. How does Lale escape from the Russian chalet?

8. Discuss the job Lale does for the Russian soldiers when they take him to the chalet.

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

10. How does the explosion at the crematorium happen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of Dana in Gita's life, and give three examples of how Dana's actions helped prolong Gita's life.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of Victor and Yuri. Include at least three parts to your answer: Who were they, how did they affect Lale's life at the camp, and what were there motivations?

Essay Topic 3

Who were the Romany people? Give three examples of how the lives of the Romany tribe affect Lale. Include a statement about what happened to the Romany people.

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