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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. Whom does Elli's family share a house with in "The Ghetto"?

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

4. At Auschwitz, what clothes do the women receive?

5. What future plans does Elli have for Budapest?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. What honesty does the chapter "Teen Vanity" bring to the book?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Laura faced numerous conflicts, both internally and externally. What were her greatest conflicts, and whom did they most affect?

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