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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 arrives at Auschwitz the second time, what do the inmates receive?

2. Where does Bubi receive permission to attend school after the war?

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

4. During the rainstorm, what does the commander tell the women?

5. What does Mr. Scheidel bring Elli?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Elli want to sing the American national anthem when she arrives at the Statue of Liberty?

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

4. What is the importance of Laura keeping her handkerchief?

5. What would lead the local woman to believe Elli is "sixty or sixty-two" years old?

6. Why do other women help Elli with her mother?

7. What is significant about Elli's tattoo at Auschwitz?

8. What is the difficulty the women face after the group of men and women from the uprising are killed?

9. What makes traveling to Auschwitz so difficult?

10. What does the interaction between Bubi and Laura at the Muhldorf train station show readers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Elli's dream the night her father died. How did this dream prove that her father was dead?

Essay Topic 2

What role did Bubi have as the only remaining male in his family?

Essay Topic 3

What overall message did Bitton-Jackson convey to readers?

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