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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Elli believe her mother slights her?
(a) Elli is not like Laura.
(b) Elli is not pretty.
(c) Elli doesn't like Bubi.
(d) Elli is too much like her father.

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

5. Who largely packs for Nagymagyar?
(a) Laura.
(b) Aunt Serena.
(c) Elli.
(d) Bubi.

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

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

8. What happens to the women in the showers at Auschwitz?
(a) They are spashed with hot water.
(b) They are sprayed with poison.
(c) They are blasted with cold water.
(d) They are given soap.

9. What are Suri and Hindi doing on June 9 and 10?
(a) Searching for girls to trade places.
(b) Stealing warm clothes.
(c) Hiding their mother.
(d) Tricking a guard.

10. 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.

11. How old is Elli as the story opens?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Thirteen.

12. What do the aunt and cousins say about Elli and her mother's reaction to their first serving of food at Auschwitz?
(a) To throw it away.
(b) To give it to them.
(c) To try eating more again.
(d) To send it back to the kitchen.

13. What happens on March 27?
(a) Guards order all Jewish residents to give up possessions of value.
(b) Elli's father makes documents for each family member.
(c) Laura falls ill.
(d) Bubi comes home from Budapest.

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

15. How does Elli's planned meeting with Jansci occur?
(a) They are very nervous.
(b) It never occurrs.
(c) They have nothing to talk about.
(d) It goes well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What place does Elli describe as "the most notorious forced labor camp in Poland"?

2. How does Elli feel as she travels away from Auschwitz?

3. Where do Laura and Elli visit before they traveled to Nagymagyar?

4. Why do Elli, her mother, aunt, and two cousins form a group at mealtime?

5. What are the overall living conditions in "The Ghetto" for Jewish families?

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