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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. Why does Laura put a piece of cloth around Bubi's head?
(a) To stop his bleeding.
(b) To keep the cloth with the family.
(c) To pass him off as a woman.
(d) To see him in crowds.

2. The women learn that the civilians killed earlier were part of ___________.
(a) A plan to steal from the factories.
(b) A plan to liberate the inmates.
(c) A movement for more food.
(d) An undercover reporter's investigation.

3. What is discovered when the women arrive at Camp Landsberg?
(a) Camp Landsberg is full of men.
(b) The women are too weak to work.
(c) Camp Landsberg is filled to capacity.
(d) Too many women have died.

4. Later, after she has the clothes for a bit, how does Elli feel in her new clothes she receives at Augsburg?
(a) Proud.
(b) Hurt.
(c) Pretty.
(d) Guilty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the women leave Plaszow, how do the guards force the inmates to travel?

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

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

4. When Elli arrives at Auschwitz the second time, what do the inmates receive?

5. How long wis Elli and Laura's lunch break?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does the entire barrack stay up at night reading a prayer book?

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

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

8. What do Elli and Laura do with the saved soup? Why?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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