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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. Why do Elli, her mother, aunt, and two cousins form a group at mealtime?

2. Where does Jancsi want to meet Elli?

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

4. How was food distributed at Auschwitz?

5. After the women are driven into a room at Auschwitz, what happens to them?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. From Elli's father's stance on ambition, what do readers learn about him?

4. Why does Dr. Mengele tell Laura that Elli needs her more than Aunt Serene does?

5. Why does Elli refuse to go out in her town?

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

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

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

9. What reactions does Elli's poetry bring from her parents?

10. What is the irony of Laura's excitement about moving to a work camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did concentration camp prisoners handle helping each other? Were they more helpful or selfish than under regular life circumstances?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What did Elli's poetry mean to her? How did the poetry shape her development? Look at others' reactions and her journey as she wrote.

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