Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Through what country does the livestock train car that transports Lale from Slovakia to Auschwitz pass?

A) Austria

B) Ukraine

C) Hungary

D) Czechoslovakia

2. Which of the following best describes Lale’s relationship with Baretski, the SS officer who is his minder?

A) Lale secretly admires Baretski for his power and authority, even though it is taboo for a Jew to idolize an SS officer.

B) Lale simply does as Baretski tells him to, because he knows he must accept the orders without question or be killed.

C) Lale must cautiously maintain his relationship with Baretski. Though Baretski is antithetical to all Lale’s values, he is a valuable connection for Lale.

D) Lale and Baretski, against all odds, seem to have a genuine friendship. Lale can speak his mind freely with Baretski.

3. Unlike most SS officers, Baretski is not German. What nationality is he?

A) Hungarian

B) Romanian

C) Austrian

D) Polish

4. When Gita falls ill with typhus, what favor does Baretski agree to do for Lale?

A) Baretski has extra rations of food and drink brought to her bunk.

B) Baretski transfers her into administration, where the heating will help her heal.

C) Baretski has an herbal medicine known to alleviate typhoid covertly administered to her.