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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. In Chapter 10, what block are Cibi and Livi assigned to?

3. Where is Livi to go when she reports to work for the Germans?

4. What do former friends and neighbors throw at Cibi, Livi, and the other Jewish girls as they herded away from the synagogue by the Hlinka guard?

5. What type of bush droops in the Meller's garden?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the last train like that Cibi and Livi take and where are they taken?

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

6. How does Cibi become a clerk?

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

8. What is the ward like where Maga is staying in the hospital, and how does she know when a patient is about to die?

9. In Chapter 1, where is Cibi?

10. Where do the Hachshara train?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The sisters and other characters struggle with guilt. Why do the sisters and other characters struggle with guilt? Why does surviving make them feel guilty?

Essay Topic 2

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does Morris use more metaphors or similes in Three Sisters? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers make the writing more interesting?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of Three Sisters? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows different characters influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having the narrator follow different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

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