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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 time do Elli and Laura take a daily lunch break?
(a) 1:30 p.m.
(b) Noon.
(c) They never receive a lunch break.
(d) 11:00 a.m.

2. What task do the military guards give Elli at Augsburg?
(a) Sewing clothes.
(b) Cooking in the kitchen.
(c) Manufacturing parts for German aircraft.
(d) Guarding older women.

3. How does Elli first feel in her new clothes she receives at Augsburg?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Shocked.
(d) Ugly.

4. During the rainstorm, what does the commander tell the women?
(a) To work faster.
(b) To go inside.
(c) To be quiet.
(d) To continue working.

5. How does Elli get Laura out of the infirmary?
(a) By making Laura walk.
(b) With help from other women.
(c) By carrying her.
(d) With a cart.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the women's first night at Augsburg, how do the women react to their treatment?

2. After the women waited to travel from Plaszow, what news do they receive?

3. When an SS guard arrives at Augsburg, how does the women's treatment change?

4. When the guards give the women new clothes at Augsburg, what does Elli receive?

5. What is Laura's assignment at Waldlager?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the women's sleeping arrangements at Auschwitz demonstrate about their treatment?

2. What are Elli's confused feelings when the women learn about the attempted uprising?

3. How does Laura's life change after the liberation?

4. Why do other women help Elli with her mother?

5. What are the prisoners reactions to the gunfire and planes in "It's An American Plane"?

6. What is the importance of Laura keeping her handkerchief?

7. What is Elli's internal conflict about making parts for German aircraft?

8. What are Elli's mixed feelings concerning her new clothes at Augsburg?

9. What do the events from the chapter "Mommy, There's a Worm in Your Soup" demonstrate?

10. Why does Elli jump on the guard's back?

(see the answer keys)

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