View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a military guard asks Laura her name, how does she reply?
(a) With her tattooed number.
(b) With her sister's name.
(c) With her mother's name.
(d) With a fake name.

2. What does the family see on April 7, 1951?
(a) The Constitution of America.
(b) New York.
(c) The Statue of Liberty.
(d) The Eiffel Tower.

3. Immediately following their freedom, how does a man who spoke Yiddish help?
(a) He translates for the passengers.
(b) He gives the passengers food.
(c) He relays doctors' orders to the passengers.
(d) He brings the passengers clothing.

4. In "Herr Zerkubel" how are the women sorted?
(a) By weight.
(b) By height.
(c) By hair and eye color.
(d) By age.

5. What do the women who shoveled snow at Augsburg find?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Money.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Clothes.

6. Later, after she has the clothes for a bit, how does Elli feel in her new clothes she receives at Augsburg?
(a) Proud.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Hurt.
(d) Pretty.

7. After the train from Muhldorf pulls into a station at noon, what do the planes overhead do?
(a) Drop bombs.
(b) Fire on the train formation.
(c) Take pictures.
(d) Fly away.

8. What does Laura keep wrapped around her foot?
(a) A compress.
(b) A kerchief.
(c) A shoelace.
(d) A necklace.

9. What does Mr. Scheidel bring Elli?
(a) Raw meat.
(b) Clippings of the newspaper.
(c) Crusts of bread.
(d) Potato scraps.

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

11. How does Elli respond to the local woman guessing her age?
(a) "It is always night."
(b) "I am tired."
(c) "I have lived a thousand years."
(d) "This too shall pass."

12. Why does the family wait at their home after the war?
(a) To see if father returns.
(b) To see their friends return.
(c) To unearth their neighbors' belongings.
(d) To find their buried belongings.

13. Immediately following their freedom, what confuses Elli and the other passengers?
(a) The men tell them to get off the train.
(b) The men who opened the doors speak a different language.
(c) The men speak Polish.
(d) The men offer them food.

14. What is Elli's punishment for visiting her mother every morning at the infirmary?
(a) Kneeling for twenty-four hours.
(b) Not eating for a day.
(c) Cleaning all night.
(d) A whipping.

15. When the inmates travel, why do they struggle to breathe?
(a) The heat and lack of air.
(b) The closed cars.
(c) The snow.
(d) Gas filled the air.

Short Answer Questions

1. What task do the military guards give Elli at Augsburg?

2. When Elli arrives at Auschwitz the second time, what do the inmates receive?

3. On the night of Laura's injury at Auschwitz, what does Elli do?

4. When the women leave Plaszow, how do the guards force the inmates to travel?

5. How is Laura severely injured at Auschwitz?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 506 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample