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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

5. What purpose does the river in town often serve?
(a) A tourist attraction.
(b) Fish, for food.
(c) Washing laundry.
(d) Watering herds of animals.

6. At the start of the book, how does Elli spend her days?
(a) In typical pursuits of young girls of her age.
(b) Reading and writing for school.
(c) Helping her father at the restaurant.
(d) Sitting at home with her mother.

7. After a guard takes the young girl during the riot, what do the females hear?
(a) Her tears.
(b) Guards yelling.
(c) A shot.
(d) A train pulling away.

8. What orders does the family receive on May 20 in regard to traveling?
(a) To take nothing.
(b) To wear extra clothing.
(c) To take only what they can carry.
(d) To bring only food.

9. The night before they are to leave for work camp, what is Elli's final image of her father?
(a) Him patting Bubi.
(b) Him kissing her goodbye.
(c) Laura hugging him.
(d) Only the shape of him riding away.

10. What does a young girl do during a riot?
(a) Screams that someone is killing her mother.
(b) Throws tables over.
(c) Breaks down a door.
(d) Beats her fists at a guard.

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

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

13. How does Bubi manage to return from Budapest after the story breaks in the papers?
(a) Bubi's father gets him.
(b) Another father from the town helps Bubi.
(c) Bubi returns on his own.
(d) Bubi doesn't return.

14. What are the overall living conditions in "The Ghetto" for Jewish families?
(a) They know no one, and the place is filthy.
(b) The families steal from each to survive.
(c) They are comfortable and happy.
(d) They are under heavy guard with limited space.

15. During selection, what warning does Elli receive?
(a) To say she is sixteen.
(b) To dye her hair blonder.
(c) To keep her nails clean.
(d) To steal food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jancsi want to meet Elli?

2. After the women are driven into a room at Auschwitz, what happens to them?

3. Why had the woman in charge of the barracks paid a horrible price for her survival?

4. What story does Bubbi tell his family in the middle of the night?

5. How far is Nagymagyar from Elli's home?

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