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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Elli's family living quarters in "The Ghetto"?

2. What happens to the women in the showers at Auschwitz?

3. What is the penalty for Christians who socialize with Jews?

4. What do the guards do with all the Jews' books, documents, and photos?

5. How do Laura and Elli plan to travel to Nagymagyar?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the guards hit the women who bring blankets outside?

2. Describe Laura's "lack of affection."

3. What does Elli's relationship with Jansci bring to her life?

4. What is the girl like who oversees the barracks?

5. Why would Bubi's father ignore his story concerning Budapest?

6. What is Laura's fear as she and Elli leave Auschwitz?

7. Why do soldiers make members of the ghetto surrender all books, documents, and photos?

8. What does Elli's father spend his last night doing before he leaves for a labor camp, and what does this tell readers about him?

9. What does the new rule that Jews are not to socialize at all with Christians do to Elli and her family?

10. How does the failed date with Jansci affect Elli?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Elli's mood at the start of her story? How did her mood change?

Essay Topic 2

What made Elli live "for a thousand years"?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the impact Livia Bitton-Jackson's book has on readers and society. What is the impact of books written by Holocaust survivors?

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