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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. What does Mr. Scheidel bring Elli?

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

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

4. The women learn that the civilians killed earlier were part of ___________.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What are Elli's confused feelings when the women learn about the attempted uprising?

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

10. Why are the military guards so confused at Augsburg, and what does this say about Elli's condition?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How was clothing used as a symbol throughout Elli's journey?

Essay Topic 3

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

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