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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 does Mr. Scheidel bring Elli?
(a) Raw meat.
(b) Clippings of the newspaper.
(c) Potato scraps.
(d) Crusts of bread.

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

4. Why does an SS officer severely beat Elli?
(a) Elli does not give him her shoes.
(b) Elli argues with him.
(c) Elli gives him a nasty look.
(d) Elli jumps on him to defend her mother.

5. When an SS guard arrives at Augsburg, how does the women's treatment change?
(a) Their treatment does not change.
(b) Their treatment becomes better.
(c) Their food rations increase, as does their work.
(d) Their treatment becomes worse.

Short Answer Questions

1. After discussing Elli's age, what does the local woman do as she leaves?

2. At the Muhldorf train station, Elli and Laura lose sight of whom?

3. What happens the day the food arrives early at Laura and Elli's work?

4. As the women traveled, what makes them feel better?

5. After Elli returns from her punishment for retrieving her coat, how do Elli and Laura react to the day's events?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Elli, Bubi, and Laura vow never to separate again?

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

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

4. Why do other women help Elli with her mother?

5. How do the prisoners behave on the cars that leave from the Muhldorf train station?

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

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

8. What is the importance of Laura keeping her handkerchief?

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

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

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