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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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."

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

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

5. After the women's first night at Augsburg, how do the women react to their treatment?
(a) They jumped with excitement.
(b) Many attemped suicide.
(c) Several laughed.
(d) Several cried.

6. What do the soldiers remove from the train cars?
(a) Corpses.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Valuables.
(d) Bibles.

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

8. When the women arrive in Augsburg, what do the SS guards immediately do?
(a) Leave.
(b) Beat them.
(c) Force them to strip.
(d) Give them bread.

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

10. When the women leave Plaszow, how do the guards force the inmates to travel?
(a) One hundred to a car.
(b) With new shoes.
(c) Without dinner.
(d) Nude.

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

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

13. After the women waited to travel from Plaszow, what news do they receive?
(a) People will be let off soon.
(b) Food will be distributed soon.
(c) Thirty more people will be added to each car.
(d) Dr. Mengele is dead.

14. What is discovered when the women arrive at Camp Landsberg?
(a) Camp Landsberg is full of men.
(b) Camp Landsberg is filled to capacity.
(c) Too many women have died.
(d) The women are too weak to work.

15. When a man is shot and left for dead, what does he do before guards finally kill him?
(a) Shoots a guard.
(b) Opens the door.
(c) Hurls himself at an SS guard.
(d) Runs down the tracks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the train from Muhldorf pulls into a station at noon, what do the guards tell the prisoners?

3. When the guards give the women new clothes at Augsburg, what does Elli receive?

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

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

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