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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. Whom does Tudsbury want Pug to invite to the anniversary party so he can talk to him?

2. What is the name of the manuscript Aaron is working on?

3. As Rhoda arrives in Hollywood, Madeline has been put in charge of a party at the home of whom?

4. If Aaron agrees to do what Beck wants, where will he and Natalie be sent?

5. What is the name of the man Byron is working for in Europe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Von Roon describe Hitler?

2. What does Pam write in her letter to Pug during her stay in California?

3. What is the history between Byron and Natalie?

4. Why does Aaron Jastrow decide he must go to America with Natalie?

5. Why is Natalie advised not to leave France immediately with Byron?

6. Why does Byron decide not to trust Luke Babbage with information about Natalie?

7. What does the Commandant of Auschwitz note about the women prisoners as the techniques for killing the Jews is honed?

8. How does Pug end up headed back to Washington after losing the Northampton?

9. What was the Doolittle Raid and why was it pivotal in the outcome in the war?

10. Why does Selma Ascher catch the eye of Leslie Slote at a function in Bern?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Wouk showing about human nature through the compliance of the Jews who are manipulated and intimidated by the SS soldiers?

Essay Topic 2

What does the character of Byron, an American married to an Auschwitz survivor, represent in the novel? What does Louis represent as the son of these two?

Essay Topic 3

In this digital, high-tech age, would it be easier to round up and mistreat a large group of people? Are there modern day examples like the mass killings of the Jews in the 1940s? What does Wouk seem to give as the reason these atrocities can happen?

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