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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Elli not have the chance to graduate?
(a) All schools are closed.
(b) Schools would not give Jewish children diplomas.
(c) She is too upset about Bubi.
(d) The guards would not let her walk in public.

2. Why does Elli return to her school after the schools are closed?
(a) To say goodbye to everyone.
(b) To get her personal belongings.
(c) To clean the school.
(d) To get her final report and diploma.

3. During selection, to what side do the guards send Aunt Serene?
(a) To the right.
(b) Back to the cattle cars.
(c) To the left.
(d) To a factory.

4. After finding their cousins, where are Laura and Elli directed?
(a) To a "bed."
(b) To a "lake."
(c) To the infirmary.
(d) To the soup kitchen.

5. Elli thinks her mother's favorite child is _______________.
(a) Bubi.
(b) Somorja.
(c) Jansci.
(d) Elli.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elli's father show her in the basement?

2. What are Suri and Hindi doing on June 9 and 10?

3. The night before the men are to leave for work camp, what does Laura pack for their trip?

4. Who is head of the barracks and inmates at Auschwitz?

5. What do Elli and Laura do on June 9 and 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the mood when the women smell gas behind closed doors?

2. What do Elli, her family, and other Jews do when they arrive at the ghetto?

3. What honesty does the chapter "Teen Vanity" bring to the book?

4. What is ironic about the guards telling the prisoners to leave their possessions on the cattle cars?

5. Why does Elli and her mother go to the cemetery before leaving for the ghetto?

6. Why is Bubi's reaction to the law concerning yellow stars typical of his personality?

7. How does the failed date with Jansci affect Elli?

8. What is Elli's fear as she and Laura leave Auschwitz the first time?

9. Why does Elli refuse to go out in her town?

10. Why would Bubi's father ignore his story concerning Budapest?

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