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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 does Laura do after she sees a worm in her soup?
(a) Continues to eat it.
(b) Gives it away.
(c) Vomits.
(d) Dumps it out.

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

3. Who plans to help the family in New York?
(a) Sara.
(b) Their uncle.
(c) A cousin.
(d) No one.

4. During the rainstorm, what does the commander tell the women?
(a) To go inside.
(b) To continue working.
(c) To be quiet.
(d) To work faster.

5. What happens to Laura as she struggles because of her partial paralysis?
(a) Laura knocks food over.
(b) A guard cruelly twists her arm.
(c) Laura falls over.
(d) A guard kicks her down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Elli, Laura and Bubi's home like after the war?

2. When a man is shot and left for dead, what does he do before guards finally kill him?

3. Immediately following their freedom, how does a man who spoke Yiddish help?

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

5. If Elli and her mother fail to keep pace at work, what is to be their punishment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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