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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 does Bubi manage to return from Budapest after the story breaks in the papers?

2. The night before the men are to leave for work camp, what does Laura's father spend time doing?

3. Who is head of the barracks and inmates at Auschwitz?

4. What are Suri and Hindi doing on June 9 and 10?

5. What do the aunt and cousins say about Elli and her mother's reaction to their first serving of food at Auschwitz?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Elli and her mother go to the cemetery before leaving for the ghetto?

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

3. What is ironic about the guards telling the prisoners to leave their possessions on the cattle cars?

4. 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?

5. How do Hindi, Suri Schreiber, and Aunt Celia help Laura and Elli on their first day at Auschwitz?

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

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

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

9. What do Elli, her family, and other Jews do when they arrive at the ghetto?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Elli's dream the night her father died. How did this dream prove that her father was dead?

Essay Topic 2

Considering Jewish beliefs and customs, what were purposeful and degrading rituals at concentration camps?

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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