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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 Laura first notice about "The Ghetto"?
(a) Hundreds of people are crammed into a small area.
(b) No one else obeys orders.
(c) The place is empty except for guards.
(d) Everyone is crying.

2. Elli thinks her mother's favorite child is _______________.
(a) Elli.
(b) Bubi.
(c) Jansci.
(d) Somorja.

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

4. Where does Elli finally place her poetry journal before leaving for the work camps?
(a) Gives it to Pista Szivos.
(b) Puts it in a trash can.
(c) Leaves it on her bed.
(d) Buries it in the synogogue.

5. What is each family supposed to take to Nagymagyar?
(a) Schoolwork.
(b) A bag of clothes.
(c) Only what they could carry.
(d) One room of furniture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting as the story opens?

2. What future plans does Elli have for Budapest?

3. How long does it take Elli to arrive at Auschwitz?

4. At Auschwitz, what clothes do the women receive?

5. When the guards force the women outside for roll call, what does Elli wish she had thought about earlier?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. What is ironic about the guards telling the prisoners to leave their possessions on the cattle cars?

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

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

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

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

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

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