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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 happens to the bed above Elli and Laura?

2. When women strip for guards, what is the one possession they retain?

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

4. When the women arrive in Augsburg, what initially confuses the military guards?

5. What does Laura keep wrapped around her foot?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the family make plans to leave their home town?

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

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

7. Why does Elli call her and her mother's reunion a "divine miracle"?

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

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

10. What do the events from the chapter "Mommy, There's a Worm in Your Soup" demonstrate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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