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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. On the night of Laura's injury at Auschwitz, what does Elli do?

2. What task do the military guards give Elli at Augsburg?

3. What do the soldiers remove from the train cars?

4. What do the women who shoveled snow at Augsburg find?

5. When a man is shot and left for dead, what does he do before guards finally kill him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Laura's life change after the liberation?

5. What makes traveling to Auschwitz so difficult?

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

7. What do the women's sleeping arrangements at Auschwitz demonstrate about their treatment?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What was the greatest internal conflict a concentration camp prisoner faced? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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

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