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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 the inmates travel, why do they struggle to breathe?
(a) The snow.
(b) Gas filled the air.
(c) The closed cars.
(d) The heat and lack of air.

2. If Elli and her mother fail to keep pace at work, what is to be their punishment?
(a) Reduced food rations.
(b) A standing stall.
(c) Death.
(d) Whipping.

3. How does Elli respond to the local woman guessing her age?
(a) "I am tired."
(b) "I have lived a thousand years."
(c) "It is always night."
(d) "This too shall pass."

4. When the women leave Plaszow, how do the guards force the inmates to travel?
(a) Nude.
(b) Without dinner.
(c) With new shoes.
(d) One hundred to a car.

5. After the war, what do the three vow?
(a) Always to save money.
(b) Never to marry.
(c) Always to pray.
(d) Never to separate.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the train from Muhldorf pulls into a station at noon, what do the planes overhead do?

2. Why does the family wait at their home after the war?

3. What time do Elli and Laura take a daily lunch break?

4. How does Elli get Laura out of the infirmary?

5. What does Laura keep wrapped around her foot?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the interaction between Bubi and Laura at the Muhldorf train station show readers?

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

4. What do the women's sleeping arrangements at Auschwitz demonstrate about their treatment?

5. How does Laura's life change after the liberation?

6. What makes traveling to Auschwitz so difficult?

7. Why does Elli feel so different about her town after the war?

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

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

10. Why are the military guards so confused at Augsburg, and what does this say about Elli's condition?

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