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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 does Dr. Beck request Aaron to do?

2. What is Mutterperl's job at Auschwitz?

3. What is the name of the man that Natalie confides once came into her bedroom and propositioned her while staying in Corte, France?

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

5. Von Roon writes that the Allies met the Japanese at Guadalcanal where ____of the eleven Japanese ships sank.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the poignant scene at the end of Chapter 23.

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

3. What concern does Rhoda Henry express about her daughter-in-law in a letter to her husband?

4. What two options for escape do Natalie and Aaron have left as Aaron faces pressure from Beck?

5. What does Pam tell Rhoda when they meet for breakfast in Hollywood?

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

7. What happens when Pamela Tudsbury goes with friends to meet her father at a club in Singapore?

8. What concern about the Castelnuovo family does Natalie express to Rabinovitz?

9. What are Warren's final thoughts before his plane explodes in the Pacific Ocean?

10. Why does the commander of Auschwitz change his uniform when he goes home for dinner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Pug show himself to be an honorable person in both his military career and his personal life? What aspect of the war and of the American persona of this time period is represented through the character of Pug Henry?

Essay Topic 2

What was the extent of the hoax that was Theresienstadt and why did the Germans go to such extremes to keep it up, including a separate Jewish government?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how even in the midst of war, love affairs dominate the hearts and minds of many of the characters. Do books and movies excessively romanticize this time period or are the portrayals of love triangles and such probably accurate?

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