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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. In June, what work do the guards assign Elli and her mother?

2. Where did Bubi's father die?

3. The women learn that the civilians killed earlier were part of ___________.

4. When a rainstorm hits suddenly, what are the women doing?

5. On the day of the scheduled decimation, what happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Elli's mixed feelings concerning her new clothes at Augsburg?

2. Why does Elli feel so different about her town after the war?

3. Why does Elli jump on the guard's back?

4. At first, how do the military guards treat the women, and how do the women respond at Augsburg?

5. Why does the entire barrack stay up at night reading a prayer book?

6. Why do Elli, Bubi, and Laura vow never to separate again?

7. Why does Bitton-Jackson include great details about the family's trip back to their home?

8. What is sad concerning Laura and Elli's work on leveling a hillside in preparation of construction?

9. How do the prisoners behave on the cars that leave from the Muhldorf train station?

10. What do Elli and Laura do with the saved soup? Why?

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 Elli's relationship with her mother change from the start of the book, through the concentration camps, and then as they settle after the war?

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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