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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Elli arrives at Auschwitz the second time, what do the inmates receive?
(a) Water.
(b) Extra blankets.
(c) Food.
(d) A tattoo.

3. How does Laura respond when the military guard asks her if she can hurry?
(a) Her daughter needs her to stay back.
(b) She does not want to hurry.
(c) She can not go faster.
(d) She does not care.

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

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

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

7. What happens to those who remain in the infirmary longer than three weeks at Auschwitz?
(a) They are taken to a different camp.
(b) They are "removed."
(c) They are put back in the barracks.
(d) They are given easier work.

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

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

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

11. How does Elli feel in her home town after the war?
(a) As if she had never left.
(b) As if she is not a Jew.
(c) As if she is in danger.
(d) As if she does not belong.

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

13. After discussing Elli's age, what does the local woman do as she leaves?
(a) She hugs Elli.
(b) She pats Elli.
(c) She makes the sign of the cross.
(d) She cries.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Laura pass roll call with her injury?

4. When a rainstorm hits suddenly, what are the women doing?

5. When the prisoners leaves the cars for the final time, what do the local people do?

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