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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. When a rainstorm hits suddenly, what are the women doing?
(a) Singing.
(b) Scrubbing the barrack's floors.
(c) Cleaning the kitchen.
(d) Moving dirt.

2. What is Elli's punishment for retrieving her coat?
(a) Kneeling on uncooked rice for an hour.
(b) Running in the snow.
(c) Standing in a hall all day without water or food.
(d) Scrubbing bathroom floors.

3. As the women traveled, what makes them feel better?
(a) Food.
(b) People cheering them on.
(c) The cooling air temperature.
(d) Sleep.

4. What happens to those who remain in the infirmary longer than three weeks at Auschwitz?
(a) They are given easier work.
(b) They are "removed."
(c) They are put back in the barracks.
(d) They are taken to a different camp.

5. How does Laura make a lamp for the Sabbath at Augsburg?
(a) From a potato and oil.
(b) From a candle.
(c) With a lightbulb.
(d) With stolen gas.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Elli returns from her punishment for retrieving her coat, what has her mother done?

2. When the women arrive in Augsburg, what do the SS guards immediately do?

3. When an SS guard arrives at Augsburg, what do the military guards begin doing?

4. What do the soldiers remove from the train cars?

5. Where does Bubi receive permission to attend school after the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difficulty the women face after the group of men and women from the uprising are killed?

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

3. Why does the arrival of an SS guard change the women's conditions at Augsburg?

4. At first, how do the military guards treat the women, and how do the women respond at Augsburg?

5. What are Elli's confused feelings when the women learn about the attempted uprising?

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

7. Why does Elli's dream convince her that her father is dead?

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

9. Why does Elli call her and her mother's reunion a "divine miracle"?

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

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