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

2. What does Elli's father show her in the basement?
(a) Where he buried the family's valuable jewelry.
(b) Where to keep her poetry and money.
(c) Where he hid her yellow bicycle.
(d) Where to hide from soldiers.

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

4. Where does Jancsi want to meet Elli?
(a) The library.
(b) The synagogue.
(c) His home.
(d) A deli.

5. How does Laura demonstrate affection?
(a) Laura reads stories at night.
(b) Laura gives lots of hugs and kisses.
(c) Laura is not demonstrative with affection.
(d) Laura writes her children notes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What purpose does the river in town often serve?

2. As Bubi leaves his mother at Auschwitz, what does she see?

3. At the start of the book, why do the Hungarian police bother Elli's family?

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

5. What is the setting as the story opens?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why is the first chapter titled "The City of My Dreams"?

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

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