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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surrendered possession bothers Elli the most?
(a) A yellow Schwinn.
(b) A grammar book.
(c) A gold locket.
(d) A radio.

2. How does Bubi react to the news from the town crier?
(a) Bubi shops at the grocery market.
(b) Bubi proudly creates a star.
(c) Bubi goes out during the day.
(d) Bubi speaks to Christians.

3. Why does a girl have blood running down her leg?
(a) A guard shot her.
(b) She hurt herself at work.
(c) She started her period.
(d) She cut her leg.

4. How does Elli work in school?
(a) She is incredibly ambitious.
(b) She makes good grades easily.
(c) She does not concentrate well.
(d) She is sloppy in her work.

5. What do the aunt and cousins say about Elli and her mother's reaction to their first serving of food at Auschwitz?
(a) To send it back to the kitchen.
(b) To give it to them.
(c) To throw it away.
(d) To try eating more again.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the guards order women to take their blankets inside, what do they do to the women?

2. Where are many families sleeping in "The Ghetto"?

3. What does the town crier announce as forbidden access for Jews?

4. On what does Elli's poetry focus?

5. What do Elli and her mother do with their first serving of food at Auschwitz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the irony of Laura's excitement about moving to a work camp?

2. What is the mood when the women smell gas behind closed doors?

3. Why do the guards hit the women who bring blankets outside?

4. At the start of her story, how do Elli's actions as her life starts to change indirectly describe her?

5. Why do soldiers make members of the ghetto surrender all books, documents, and photos?

6. What is Elli's fear as she and Laura leave Auschwitz the first time?

7. Why is Bubi's reaction to the law concerning yellow stars typical of his personality?

8. How does the failed date with Jansci affect Elli?

9. What do Elli, her family, and other Jews do when they arrive at the ghetto?

10. What is Bubi's relationship with other people?

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