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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. After the women waited to travel from Plaszow, what news do they receive?
(a) Dr. Mengele is dead.
(b) Thirty more people will be added to each car.
(c) Food will be distributed soon.
(d) People will be let off soon.

2. Immediately following their freedom, what confuses Elli and the other passengers?
(a) The men tell them to get off the train.
(b) The men who opened the doors speak a different language.
(c) The men offer them food.
(d) The men speak Polish.

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

4. How does Elli feel in her home town after the war?
(a) As if she had never left.
(b) As if she is not a Jew.
(c) As if she does not belong.
(d) As if she is in danger.

5. When Elli arrives at Auschwitz the second time, what does she realize?
(a) She cannot live much longer.
(b) Laura is quite ill.
(c) She is alone.
(d) Hitler is not dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Bubi's father die?

2. When the train from Muhldorf pulls into a station at noon, what do the guards tell the prisoners?

3. At Waldlager, when does Bubi begin talking?

4. After the women's first night at Augsburg, how do the women react to their treatment?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What would lead the local woman to believe Elli is "sixty or sixty-two" years old?

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

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

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

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

8. What is Elli's internal conflict about making parts for German aircraft?

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

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

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