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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. At Auschwitz, what clothes do the women receive?
(a) Mismatched clothes from dead prisoners.
(b) Their old clothing.
(c) Gray dresses and shoes.
(d) Cotton shirts and pants.

2. Who is head of the barracks and inmates at Auschwitz?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A nun.
(c) A boy, passing himself off as a female.
(d) A large eighteen-year-old girl.

3. As the guards order women to take their blankets inside, what do they do to the women?
(a) Shoot at them.
(b) Slap their wrists.
(c) Steal their food.
(d) Hit them on the head.

4. For what does Old Mr. Stern pray?
(a) Courage and bravery for the men.
(b) Safety for children.
(c) Everyone's safe return.
(d) The long road that lies ahead.

5. What bothers Elli the most concerning her surrendered possession?
(a) She saw a lack of communication with others.
(b) She had hope for a future from it.
(c) She knew it was expensive.
(d) She never rode it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Elli handle being forced to wear the yellow star?

3. How does Elli work in school?

4. What story does Bubbi tell his family in the middle of the night?

5. What do the guards do with all the Jews' books, documents, and photos?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Elli's father become like "a statue of stone" as the family prepares for Nagymagyar?

3. What does Elli's relationship with Jansci bring to her life?

4. What reactions does Elli's poetry bring from her parents?

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

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

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

8. Why do soldiers make members of the ghetto surrender all books, documents, and photos?

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

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

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