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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. On the train, why could a girl not see?
(a) She had poison in her eye.
(b) She stabbed herself.
(c) She was shot in the eye.
(d) She had a needle in her eye.

2. When Elli arrives at Auschwitz the second time, what happens to the bed above Elli and Laura?
(a) It has a broken plank.
(b) It is lumpy.
(c) It shatters.
(d) It is taken away.

3. How is Laura severely injured at Auschwitz?
(a) A guard shot her foot.
(b) A soldier beat her head.
(c) A bed pinned Laura in an unnatural position.
(d) A train ran her over.

4. When the inmates travel, why do they struggle to breathe?
(a) Gas filled the air.
(b) The snow.
(c) The heat and lack of air.
(d) The closed cars.

5. When an SS guard arrives at Augsburg, what happens to women's food?
(a) It stops being served.
(b) It becomes better.
(c) It remains unchanged.
(d) It is downgraded.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Elli arrives at Auschwitz the second time, what do the inmates receive?

2. How long wis Elli and Laura's lunch break?

3. Why does the family wait at their home after the war?

4. What task do the military guards give Elli at Augsburg?

5. When an SS guard arrives at Augsburg, what do the military guards begin doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would lead the local woman to believe Elli is "sixty or sixty-two" years old?

2. Why does Elli call her and her mother's reunion a "divine miracle"?

3. Why does the arrival of an SS guard change the women's conditions at Augsburg?

4. Why does Elli feel so different about her town after the war?

5. What makes traveling to Auschwitz so difficult?

6. Why does the entire barrack stay up at night reading a prayer book?

7. Why do Elli, Bubi, and Laura vow never to separate again?

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

9. How do the prisoners behave on the cars that leave from the Muhldorf train station?

10. What is sad concerning Laura and Elli's work on leveling a hillside in preparation of construction?

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