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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 6 after Livi hurts her hands, how many girls are taken away by three guards?

2. What is the name of the Hlinka guard that Cibi knows?

3. Where is Gita, Cibi and Livi's friend, working in Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 12, what does Magda bring back to her family after she hides at the neighbor's?

5. In Chapter 7, what has Livi managed to hang onto that Cibi makes her drop?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Magda have to do each Friday?

3. When does Cibi's group leave for Palestine, and how many groups have gone before?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Where do the Hachshara train?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although life is difficult, Cibi, Livi, and other prisoners find humor in their circumstances. How do prisoners find humor in their circumstances? How is humor a tool for coping?

Essay Topic 2

Prisoners at Auschwitz have their identities stripped from them. How are the identities of prisoners stripped from them? How are Cibi and Livi and other prisoners dehumanized by the loss of their identities?

Essay Topic 3

Cibi, Magda, and Livi are welcomed along with the other Jews who go to Prague after the war. Why is Cibi unsure how to accept the welcome? Why does she believe the welcome is hypocritical?

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