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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A local woman thinks that Elli is __________years old.
(a) Sixty-two.
(b) Thirty-nine.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Ten.

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

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

4. At the Muhldorf train station, Elli and Laura lose sight of whom?
(a) Each other.
(b) Bubi.
(c) Aunt Celia.
(d) The SS guards.

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

6. What happens the day the food arrives early at Laura and Elli's work?
(a) The food becomes putrid in the hot sun.
(b) The food turns cold.
(c) Animals eat the food.
(d) Other prisoners steal the food.

7. After the attempted uprising, what rumor do the women hear?
(a) Americans are coming.
(b) Guards are sending them to the gas chambers.
(c) Food will stop being served.
(d) Hitler is dead.

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

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

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

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

12. What do Elli and Laura do the night before the scheduled decimation?
(a) Give away their blankets.
(b) Sleep extra.
(c) Eat their reserves.
(d) Read a prayer book.

13. How do the guards carry out an act of decimation?
(a) Prisoners must choose which one dies.
(b) Prisoners work without food or water.
(c) Prisoners form a line, and every tenth one is shot.
(d) Prisoners are forced awake for days.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Elli arrives at Auschwitz the second time, what does she realize?

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

3. After the train from Muhldorf pulls into a station at noon, what do the planes overhead do?

4. After the war, what do the three vow?

5. When the women arrive in Augsburg, what initially confuses the military guards?

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