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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. How does Elli feel in her home town after the war?

2. When the train from Muhldorf pulls into a station at noon, what do the guards tell the prisoners?

3. During the women's first night at Augsburg, how do guards feed them?

4. What do Elli and Laura do the night before the scheduled decimation?

5. On the train, why could a girl not see?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the military guards so confused at Augsburg, and what does this say about Elli's condition?

2. Why does Elli's dream convince her that her father is dead?

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

4. Why does Elli become angry toward her mother after she saved soup for Elli?

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

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

7. At first, how do the military guards treat the women, and how do the women respond at Augsburg?

8. Why does the family make plans to leave their home town?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What overall message did Bitton-Jackson convey to readers?

Essay Topic 2

What was Elli's mood at the start of her story? How did her mood change?

Essay Topic 3

How did the incremental changes Jews faced during World War II ultimately lead to the destruction of many Jews?

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