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

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

3. After the women are driven into a room at Auschwitz, what happens to them?
(a) Bathed by cruel guards.
(b) Beaten to strip.
(c) Given a bed and towel.
(d) Forced at gunpoint to strip and are shaven.

4. How does Bubbi attain good grades in school?
(a) He constantly studies.
(b) He doesn't study.
(c) He doesn't make good grades.
(d) He does extra work.

5. After a guard takes the young girl during the riot, what do the females hear?
(a) Guards yelling.
(b) A shot.
(c) A train pulling away.
(d) Her tears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens on March 27?

2. During selection, to what side do the guards send Aunt Serene?

3. What is the setting as the story opens?

4. Who is head of the barracks and inmates at Auschwitz?

5. Why do Elli, her mother, aunt, and two cousins form a group at mealtime?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does the color 'yellow' symbolize in Elli's life?

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

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

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

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

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