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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. Where does Bubi receive permission to attend school after the war?
(a) New York.
(b) Paris.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Palestine.

2. After Elli returns from her punishment for retrieving her coat, how do Elli and Laura react to the day's events?
(a) They fall into bed, inconsolable.
(b) They do not sleep at all.
(c) They physically fight each other.
(d) They laugh at each other.

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

4. After the women's first night at Augsburg, how do the women react to their treatment?
(a) They jumped with excitement.
(b) Several laughed.
(c) Several cried.
(d) Many attemped suicide.

5. When a man is shot and left for dead, what does he do before guards finally kill him?
(a) Hurls himself at an SS guard.
(b) Opens the door.
(c) Runs down the tracks.
(d) Shoots a guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Elli arrives at Auschwitz the second time, what does she realize?

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

3. After the war, how does Laura earn money for food?

4. When the train traveling from the Muhldorf train station stops near a cornfield, what does Laura do?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Elli become angry toward her mother after she saved soup for Elli?

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

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

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

10. Why does Elli jump on the guard's back?

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