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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 task do the military guards give Elli at Augsburg?
(a) Sewing clothes.
(b) Cooking in the kitchen.
(c) Guarding older women.
(d) Manufacturing parts for German aircraft.

2. In "Herr Zerkubel" how are the women sorted?
(a) By age.
(b) By hair and eye color.
(c) By weight.
(d) By height.

3. On the day of the scheduled decimation, what happens?
(a) The women are forced to work as usual.
(b) The guards threaten other punishments.
(c) The guards do not come to work.
(d) The women revolt.

4. How is Laura severely injured at Auschwitz?
(a) A soldier beat her head.
(b) A guard shot her foot.
(c) A bed pinned Laura in an unnatural position.
(d) A train ran her over.

5. What time do Elli and Laura take a daily lunch break?
(a) 1:30 p.m.
(b) Noon.
(c) They never receive a lunch break.
(d) 11:00 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who plans to help the family in New York?

2. When the women arrive in Augsburg, what initially confuses the military guards?

3. After the train from Muhldorf pulls into a station at noon, how does Laura behave?

4. When the train traveling from the Muhldorf train station stops near a cornfield, what does Laura do?

5. What do the local people say concerning the concentration camps?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes traveling to Auschwitz so difficult?

2. What are the prisoners reactions to the gunfire and planes in "It's An American Plane"?

3. Why does Elli become angry toward her mother after she saved soup for Elli?

4. Why does the family make plans to leave their home town?

5. What are Elli's mixed feelings concerning her new clothes at Augsburg?

6. What is Elli's internal conflict about making parts for German aircraft?

7. Why does Bitton-Jackson include great details about the family's trip back to their home?

8. What is significant about Elli's tattoo at Auschwitz?

9. What is sad concerning Laura and Elli's work on leveling a hillside in preparation of construction?

10. What do the events from the chapter "Mommy, There's a Worm in Your Soup" demonstrate?

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