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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. How does Laura make a lamp for the Sabbath at Augsburg?

2. When an SS guard arrives at Augsburg, what do the military guards begin doing?

3. Why are the women often forced to strip?

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

5. As the women traveled, what makes them feel better?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does the arrival of an SS guard change the women's conditions at Augsburg?

7. What are the prisoners reactions to the gunfire and planes in "It's An American Plane"?

8. What makes traveling to Auschwitz so difficult?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore how Elli's father had to leave the family. What impact did her father's leaving have on Elli's life?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What overall message did Bitton-Jackson convey to readers?

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