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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. What do the guards do with all the Jews' books, documents, and photos?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Sort them into piles.
(c) Put them in boxes.
(d) Collect them.

2. Why had the woman in charge of the barracks paid a horrible price for her survival?
(a) She bribed the guards.
(b) She killed other inmates.
(c) She was terribly mean.
(d) She was very thin.

3. Who largely packs for Nagymagyar?
(a) Elli.
(b) Laura.
(c) Aunt Serena.
(d) Bubi.

4. After the women are driven into a room at Auschwitz, what happens to them?
(a) Given a bed and towel.
(b) Forced at gunpoint to strip and are shaven.
(c) Bathed by cruel guards.
(d) Beaten to strip.

5. What orders does the family receive on May 20 in regard to traveling?
(a) To bring only food.
(b) To take only what they can carry.
(c) To wear extra clothing.
(d) To take nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Laura and Elli plan to travel to Nagymagyar?

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

3. After a guard takes the young girl during the riot, what do the females hear?

4. How was food distributed at Auschwitz?

5. Why does Laura hate leaving her sister behind at Auschwitz?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Hindi, Suri Schreiber, and Aunt Celia help Laura and Elli on their first day at Auschwitz?

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

4. What is the irony of Laura's excitement about moving to a work camp?

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

6. At the start of her story, how do Elli's actions as her life starts to change indirectly describe her?

7. What does Elli's father spend his last night doing before he leaves for a labor camp, and what does this tell readers about him?

8. What is Bubi's relationship with other people?

9. From Elli's father's stance on ambition, what do readers learn about him?

10. Why do the guards hit the women who bring blankets outside?

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