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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the guards do with all the Jews' books, documents, and photos?
(a) Collect them.
(b) Sort them into piles.
(c) Put them in boxes.
(d) Nothing.

2. Under what conditions does Elli leave her school?
(a) With her classmates crying.
(b) With little notice.
(c) With taunts referring to her Jewish background.
(d) With a graduation party.

3. Where does Elli finally place her poetry journal before leaving for the work camps?
(a) Gives it to Pista Szivos.
(b) Leaves it on her bed.
(c) Buries it in the synogogue.
(d) Puts it in a trash can.

4. Who is Pinhas?
(a) A boy who likes Elli.
(b) A boy who helps Elli's family.
(c) A popular cook in the ghetto.
(d) A kind guard in the ghetto.

5. How does Bubbi attain good grades in school?
(a) He constantly studies.
(b) He does extra work.
(c) He doesn't study.
(d) He doesn't make good grades.

6. What does Elli learn from the town crier?
(a) Jews are not to speak to Christians.
(b) All Jews are to stay inside during the day.
(c) Jews are not to shop at the grocery market.
(d) All Jews are to wear a yellow cloth star.

7. After their showers at Auschwitz, what do Elli and her mother desperately want?
(a) Water.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Food.

8. How does Elli's father react to Bubi's story from the middle of the night?
(a) Bubi's father keeps him at home.
(b) Bubi's father ignores him.
(c) Bubi's father cries.
(d) Bubi's father makes plans.

9. For what are the women punished at Auschwitz?
(a) Not cleaning their rooms enough.
(b) Sleeping too much.
(c) Sabotage.
(d) Talking to guards.

10. Why do Elli, her mother, aunt, and two cousins form a group at mealtime?
(a) To get more bowls of soup.
(b) To prevent other prisoners stealing their clothes.
(c) To share the food equally.
(d) To stay warm.

11. The night before the men are to leave for work camp, what does Laura pack for their trip?
(a) Extra shoes and socks.
(b) Reading materials.
(c) Shirts and warm pants.
(d) Food and other supplies.

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

13. When Elli sees her reflection on June 3, what is her reaction?
(a) "I look like a man."
(b) She is shocked.
(c) She is pleasently surprised.
(d) "That isn't so bad."

14. What future plans does Elli have for Budapest?
(a) To do research there.
(b) To attend medical school there.
(c) To marry there.
(d) To live there while she attends seminary.

15. During selection, to what side do the guards send Aunt Serene?
(a) To the left.
(b) To the right.
(c) To a factory.
(d) Back to the cattle cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Marta Kalman and her mother bring Elli?

2. How does Elli's planned meeting with Jansci occur?

3. Why does Laura hate leaving her sister behind at Auschwitz?

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

5. As Bubi leaves his mother at Auschwitz, what does she see?

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