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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. After the women waited to travel from Plaszow, what news do they receive?

2. Why does an SS officer severely beat Elli?

3. When do Elli, Laura, and Bubi begin making the trip home?

4. What happens to Laura as she struggles because of her partial paralysis?

5. When the guards give the women new clothes at Augsburg, what does Elli receive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Elli's dream convince her that her father is dead?

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

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

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

7. What is Elli's internal conflict about making parts for German aircraft?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

In concentration camps, what aspect of the women's lives did the guards not control?

Essay Topic 3

What were the greatest symbols throughout the book?

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