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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the local people say concerning the concentration camps?
(a) They could not break into them.
(b) They sneaked food in them.
(c) They stole money from them.
(d) They knew nothing of them.

2. How does Elli get Laura out of the infirmary?
(a) With help from other women.
(b) By carrying her.
(c) By making Laura walk.
(d) With a cart.

3. When women strip for guards, what is the one possession they retain?
(a) Their underwear.
(b) Their shoes.
(c) Their blankets.
(d) Their socks.

4. On the night of Laura's injury at Auschwitz, what does Elli do?
(a) Cries in her bunk alone.
(b) Keeps praying.
(c) Remains with Laura.
(d) Barely sleeps.

5. 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.

6. At Waldlager, when does Bubi begin talking?
(a) When Elli speaks of their father.
(b) After Elli helps him by giving him bread.
(c) When Laura brings him soup.
(d) After the guards disappear.

7. Where did Bubi's father die?
(a) Treblinka.
(b) Sobibor.
(c) Auschwitz.
(d) Bergen-Belsen.

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

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

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

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

12. When an SS guard arrives at Augsburg, what happens to women's food?
(a) It is downgraded.
(b) It remains unchanged.
(c) It stops being served.
(d) It becomes better.

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

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

15. Why does Laura put a piece of cloth around Bubi's head?
(a) To see him in crowds.
(b) To stop his bleeding.
(c) To pass him off as a woman.
(d) To keep the cloth with the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. When an SS guard arrives at Augsburg, what do the military guards begin doing?

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

3. What is Elli's punishment for retrieving her coat?

4. How do the guards carry out an act of decimation?

5. After the train from Muhldorf pulls into a station at noon, what happens as the prisoners stand outside the cars?

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