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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. Where is Madam Rosen told the German military needs to move the current orphanage building to?

2. Where is the clipper Pug is traveling on to Russia diverted to?

3. What is the name of the Army officer who admires Rhoda?

4. What officials will be visiting Theresienstadt, causing the German camp to undergo a beautification program?

5. What is the name of Natalie's friend whose daughter often plays with Louis at Theresienstadt?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Louis make the German soldier guarding them on the train laugh?

2. What happens when Aaron and Natalie meet with Eichmann during their stay at Theresienstadt?

3. What act of kindness strikes Natalie as she is being transported in a cattle car from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz?

4. Why does Rhoda ask Pug for a divorce?

5. What ordeal does Natalie go through before she learns that Louis is not dead?

6. What was Natalie's job while she was at Auschwitz?

7. Why are the children at Madame Rosen's orphanage rounded up by the Nazis?

8. What is Theresienstadt and how does it allow the Germans to fool the rest of the world?

9. What does the Red Cross representative who gave a glowing report of Theresienstadt later testify that he knew?

10. How does Mutterperl die, leaving Berel alone to escape?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why are the characters of Rhoda and Pam the antithesis of each other? What seems to motivate each woman's relationship with Pug?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the final thoughts Wouk leaves the reader with after the long journey through World War II.

Essay Topic 3

Was the reunion of Byron and Natalie satisfying to the reader? Why or why not? Why do you think Wouk depicted it this way?

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