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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. How far is Nagymagyar from Elli's home?
(a) Nine kilometers.
(b) Fourteen kilometers.
(c) A hundred millimeters.
(d) A nautical mile.

2. What does Elli learn from the town crier?
(a) All Jews are to stay inside during the day.
(b) Jews are not to speak to Christians.
(c) Jews are not to shop at the grocery market.
(d) All Jews are to wear a yellow cloth star.

3. What does Elli do with her poetry journal when she sees a young mother denied possession of a single photo?
(a) Hides it.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Places it under her shirt.
(d) Puts it between layers of bedding.

4. What story does Bubbi tell his family in the middle of the night?
(a) Hitler coming to their town.
(b) The war ending.
(c) Hungarian police leaving their town.
(d) Nazi soldiers in Budapest.

5. What are the overall living conditions in "The Ghetto" for Jewish families?
(a) They are comfortable and happy.
(b) They know no one, and the place is filthy.
(c) The families steal from each to survive.
(d) They are under heavy guard with limited space.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Serena do with dishes before leaving on May 2?

2. As a young girl screams, what do the female prisoners begin to smell?

3. Where does Jancsi want to meet Elli?

4. What bothers Elli the most concerning her surrendered possession?

5. How do other boys react to Bubi's attitude concerning his yellow star?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the girl like who oversees the barracks?

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

4. Describe Laura's "lack of affection."

5. What does the new rule that Jews are not to socialize at all with Christians do to Elli and her family?

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

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

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

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

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

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