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

2. What is the setting as the story opens?

3. Where does Jancsi want to meet Elli?

4. What do Elli and Laura first notice about "The Ghetto"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the first chapter titled "The City of My Dreams"?

2. What is Bubi's relationship with other people?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

How was clothing used as a symbol throughout Elli's journey?

Essay Topic 3

What made Elli live "for a thousand years"?

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