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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Elli return to her school after the schools are closed?
(a) To clean the school.
(b) To get her personal belongings.
(c) To get her final report and diploma.
(d) To say goodbye to everyone.

2. The night before the men are to leave for work camp, what does Laura's father spend time doing?
(a) Reading the Talmud.
(b) Preparing food.
(c) Resting his eyes.
(d) Talking to his wife.

3. What do Elli and Laura first notice about "The Ghetto"?
(a) The place is empty except for guards.
(b) Everyone is crying.
(c) No one else obeys orders.
(d) Hundreds of people are crammed into a small area.

4. Where do Bonnie and Elli go to swim?
(a) The Danube.
(b) The town pool.
(c) An ocean.
(d) A neighbor's pool.

5. When Elli and Laura arrive at the waiting cart for Nagymagar, why are the soldiers angry?
(a) One Jewish family brought too many belongings.
(b) The firewood will not remain situated.
(c) Two Jewish females remain free in an Aryan town.
(d) The Jews are loud and angry.

6. What story does Bubbi tell his family in the middle of the night?
(a) Hungarian police leaving their town.
(b) The war ending.
(c) Hitler coming to their town.
(d) Nazi soldiers in Budapest.

7. Why had the woman in charge of the barracks paid a horrible price for her survival?
(a) She bribed the guards.
(b) She was very thin.
(c) She killed other inmates.
(d) She was terribly mean.

8. At the start of the book, why do the Hungarian police bother Elli's family?
(a) The police know that Bubi is smart.
(b) The police have complete control over the Jewish population.
(c) The police do not like Elli's father.
(d) The police know the family has hidden money.

9. After the women are driven into a room at Auschwitz, what happens to them?
(a) Beaten to strip.
(b) Forced at gunpoint to strip and are shaven.
(c) Given a bed and towel.
(d) Bathed by cruel guards.

10. As Bubi leaves his mother at Auschwitz, what does she see?
(a) Another prisoner takes his food.
(b) Bubi takes off his shoes.
(c) Bubi is starting to cry.
(d) A SS guard knocks him down.

11. What does Aunt Celia do on June 9 and 10?
(a) Trades places with another woman.
(b) Steals food from the kitchen.
(c) Beats a guard.
(d) Takes more blankets.

12. As the guards order women to take their blankets inside, what do they do to the women?
(a) Hit them on the head.
(b) Steal their food.
(c) Shoot at them.
(d) Slap their wrists.

13. How do many families cook in "The Ghetto"?
(a) Over an open fire.
(b) They did not cook.
(c) In an oven.
(d) With a grill.

14. Where does Jancsi want to meet Elli?
(a) His home.
(b) A deli.
(c) The library.
(d) The synagogue.

15. Where do Laura and Elli visit before they traveled to Nagymagyar?
(a) The school.
(b) The synogogue.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) The river.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is head of the barracks and inmates at Auschwitz?

2. What does Elli's father show her in the basement?

3. What surrendered possession bothers Elli the most?

4. How long does it take Elli to arrive at Auschwitz?

5. What bothers Elli the most concerning her surrendered possession?

(see the answer keys)

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