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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 Elli and her mother do with their first serving of food at Auschwitz?
(a) Give it to their cousins.
(b) Throw it away.
(c) They never receive it.
(d) Vomit.

2. The night before they are to leave for work camp, what is Elli's final image of her father?
(a) Him patting Bubi.
(b) Only the shape of him riding away.
(c) Laura hugging him.
(d) Him kissing her goodbye.

3. What place does Elli describe as "the most notorious forced labor camp in Poland"?
(a) Ohrdruf.
(b) Gross-Rosen.
(c) Plaszow.
(d) Soldau.

4. What surrendered possession bothers Elli the most?
(a) A yellow Schwinn.
(b) A radio.
(c) A gold locket.
(d) A grammar book.

5. As Bubi leaves his mother at Auschwitz, what does she see?
(a) A SS guard knocks him down.
(b) Bubi is starting to cry.
(c) Another prisoner takes his food.
(d) Bubi takes off his shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Elli finally place her poetry journal before leaving for the work camps?

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

3. Why does Elli not have the chance to graduate?

4. On what does Elli's poetry focus?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Dr. Mengele tell Laura that Elli needs her more than Aunt Serene does?

9. Why does Aunt Serena become so agitated the night before they leave for work camp?

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

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