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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is each family supposed to take to Nagymagyar?
(a) One room of furniture.
(b) Only what they could carry.
(c) Schoolwork.
(d) A bag of clothes.

2. On what does Elli's poetry focus?
(a) Love.
(b) Hard work.
(c) The darker sides of life.
(d) Flowers and nature.

3. What is Laura's reaction about Aunt Serene's orders to go to a side different from Laura's during selection?
(a) Laura keeps quiet about her sister.
(b) Laura hides behind Elli.
(c) Laura chases after her sister.
(d) Laura begs to go with her sister.

4. As a young girl screams, what do the female prisoners begin to smell?
(a) Rain.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Vomit.
(d) Gas.

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

6. At Auschwitz, what clothes do the women receive?
(a) Mismatched clothes from dead prisoners.
(b) Cotton shirts and pants.
(c) Gray dresses and shoes.
(d) Their old clothing.

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

8. What are Elli's family living quarters in "The Ghetto"?
(a) They share a home with two families.
(b) They live in a synogogue.
(c) They have a small three-room house.
(d) They have a tent.

9. 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 Jews are loud and angry.
(c) Two Jewish females remain free in an Aryan town.
(d) The firewood will not remain situated.

10. How does Bubi react to the news from the town crier?
(a) Bubi proudly creates a star.
(b) Bubi goes out during the day.
(c) Bubi shops at the grocery market.
(d) Bubi speaks to Christians.

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

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

13. Where are many families sleeping in "The Ghetto"?
(a) Outside.
(b) The synagogue.
(c) Abandonded buildings.
(d) In tents.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Elli's family share a house with in "The Ghetto"?

2. When Elli sees her reflection on June 3, what is her reaction?

3. What do Elli and her mother do with their first serving of food at Auschwitz?

4. Who is Pinhas?

5. Why does Elli's father think ambition is a desirable trait?

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