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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. As Bubi leaves his mother at Auschwitz, what does she see?

2. What is Laura's reaction about Aunt Serene's orders to go to a side different from Laura's during selection?

3. For what does Old Mr. Stern pray?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. At the start of her story, how do Elli's actions as her life starts to change indirectly describe her?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the color 'yellow' symbolize in Elli's life?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

How did the incremental changes Jews faced during World War II ultimately lead to the destruction of many Jews?

Essay Topic 3

How was Elli's relationship with her father influential throughout the book? Comment on her actions after his death as well.

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