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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 the Hlinka guard order the girls out of the synagogue, how many lines do they form?

2. How much time are the sisters given off on Christmas Day in Chapter 11?

3. What color stones are in the earrings Cibi has to remove in Chapter 7?

4. How many bags is Livi allowed to take when she is to report to work for the Germans?

5. In Chapter 12, who is the neighbor who hides Magda when the Hlinka guards look for boys and girls?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, why is Livi upset when she returns from the hospital?

2. In Chapter 8, what does Chaya do while she waits for Magda to get home?

3. What do Cibi and Livi pack in Chapter 4?

4. What does Dr. Kiseley tell Maga when she insists she needs to go home?

5. In Chapter 1, where is Cibi?

6. How does Cibi become a clerk?

7. How does Magda take the news that her sisters are gone?

8. What does Cibi decide to do when she learns that Livi is to go work for the Germans?

9. What does the new kapo, Rita, tell Cibi and Livi their first morning at Birkenau?

10. Who helps Cibi when her feet are ravaged with frostbite?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A flashback is a point in a story where an author takes readers back in time to present information that happened previously. How does Morris use flashbacks to reveal information from the past?

Essay Topic 2

Cibi resists remembering the past when they are reunited with Magda. Why can memories hurt or help? How do they hurt or help the sisters?

Essay Topic 3

Cibi decides when she learns they are at Auschwitz that they will do anything they have to to survive. What does Cibi mean when she says they will do anything to survive? What things do they have to do to survive?

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