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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. Where do Bonnie and Elli go to swim?

2. What does Elli learn from the town crier?

3. What do Elli and Laura do on June 9 and 10?

4. What is the penalty for Christians who socialize with Jews?

5. Why does Elli's father think ambition is a desirable trait?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the chapters' titles shape the overall message of the book?

Essay Topic 2

What was Elli's mood at the start of her story? How did her mood change?

Essay Topic 3

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

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