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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. In Chapter 11, what have Cibi and Livi found in the seams of clothing they sort?

2. How old is Ambruster, the SS officer for whom Cibi becomes a clerk?

3. When are the sisters taken to Birkenau in Chapter 10?

4. What is the name of a cheeky girl Cibi remembers meeting when she joined Hachshara?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do the Hachshara train?

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

3. In Chapter 7, what are the sisters told when they are taken to a red-brick, two-story building?

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

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

6. What work do the sisters do in Chapter 11?

7. How does Cibi become a clerk?

8. What goes into the soups the sisters are served in Chapter 9?

9. What is the job the sisters are assigned to do in Chapter 7?

10. Why does Dr. Kisely put Magda in the hospital in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Magda finds a sword lily when collecting wood with her grandfather. What does the sword lily symbolize and why?

Essay Topic 3

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Three Sisters?

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