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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 many groups has Josef already sent to Palestine in Chapter 2?

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

3. What mountains do Cibi and Livi see as they leave on the train to work for the Germans?

4. Who gave Cibi the earrings she has to remove at the concentration camp?

5. About how many people does Cibi think are in the barracks where Cibi and Livi are taken?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cibi become a clerk?

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

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

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

5. What does Magda have to do each Friday?

6. Why does Menachem ask his daughters to always promise to take care of one another?

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

8. What do the Hlinka Guard say when Chaya says that Livi is too young to go work for the Germans?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Cibi frequently remembers the girls they took blankets from. Why does Cibi frequently remember the girls they took blankets from? Why does she wonder if she is complicit in their deaths?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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