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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. How old is Elli as the story opens?

2. Why do soldiers order Elli to go to Nagymagyar?

3. What purpose does the river in town often serve?

4. When Elli returns to her school, what award does she learn she received?

5. What do Elli and her mother do with their first serving of food at Auschwitz?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Aunt Serena become so agitated the night before they leave for work camp?

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

3. At the start of her story, how do Elli's actions as her life starts to change indirectly describe her?

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

5. Why does Elli's father become like "a statue of stone" as the family prepares for Nagymagyar?

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

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

8. What is the mood when the women smell gas behind closed doors?

9. Why is Bubi's reaction to the law concerning yellow stars typical of his personality?

10. What happens to the prisoners when they arrive at Auschwitz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the greatest symbols throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

How did Laura's sporadic interactions with her extended family contribute to the terrors of the concentration camps?

Essay Topic 3

How did the incremental changes Jews faced during World War II ultimately lead to the destruction of many Jews?

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