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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the war, what do the three vow?
(a) Always to save money.
(b) Always to pray.
(c) Never to separate.
(d) Never to marry.

2. After the war, how does Laura earn money for food?
(a) Sewing for Russian girls.
(b) Translating papers.
(c) Tutoring students.
(d) Cleaning homes.

3. During the women's first night at Augsburg, how do guards feed them?
(a) The same as always.
(b) They were not fed.
(c) Very poorly.
(d) A reasonable amount of good food.

4. During the rainstorm, what does the commander tell the women?
(a) To go inside.
(b) To be quiet.
(c) To work faster.
(d) To continue working.

5. How is Laura severely injured at Auschwitz?
(a) A soldier beat her head.
(b) A bed pinned Laura in an unnatural position.
(c) A guard shot her foot.
(d) A train ran her over.

6. Why does an SS officer severely beat Elli?
(a) Elli argues with him.
(b) Elli jumps on him to defend her mother.
(c) Elli does not give him her shoes.
(d) Elli gives him a nasty look.

7. What is Laura's assignment at Waldlager?
(a) Cleaning the stables.
(b) Working in the kitchen.
(c) Scrubbing the floors.
(d) Organizing clothes.

8. After Elli's last train ride under the German soldiers' control, who is there when the doors open?
(a) Josef Mengele.
(b) More German soldiers.
(c) Local townpeople.
(d) American soldiers.

9. What happens to Laura as she struggles because of her partial paralysis?
(a) A guard cruelly twists her arm.
(b) A guard kicks her down.
(c) Laura falls over.
(d) Laura knocks food over.

10. When the train from Muhldorf pulls into a station at noon, what do the guards tell the prisoners?
(a) To come to the window of the cars for hot soup.
(b) To stay on the trains.
(c) To steal food if they want some.
(d) To lie to locals about their situations.

11. At what point does Elli say she is a true concentration camp inmate?
(a) The first day.
(b) After a month.
(c) At seven and a half weeks.
(d) When a friend dies.

12. When Elli arrives at Auschwitz the second time, what happens to the bed above Elli and Laura?
(a) It is taken away.
(b) It is lumpy.
(c) It shatters.
(d) It has a broken plank.

13. How long wis Elli and Laura's lunch break?
(a) They never recieve a lunch break.
(b) Fifteen minutes.
(c) An hour.
(d) Half hour.

14. When the women arrive in Augsburg, what initially confuses the military guards?
(a) They think the SS would be more helpful.
(b) They think the women are to be stronger.
(c) They think the women are men.
(d) They think fewer prisoners are coming.

15. Who plans to help the family in New York?
(a) Sara.
(b) Their uncle.
(c) No one.
(d) A cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the train traveling from the Muhldorf train station stops near a cornfield, what do many prisoners do?

2. What does the family see on April 7, 1951?

3. Immediately following their freedom, what confuses Elli and the other passengers?

4. Why does Laura put a piece of cloth around Bubi's head?

5. How does Laura respond when the military guard asks her if she can hurry?

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