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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 days is Livi in the hospital in Chapter 9?

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

3. Where is the cheeky girl from that Cibi remembers meeting when she joined Hachshara?

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

5. What did Cibi's grandmother used to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 10, why does the kapo, Ingrid, tell the sisters not to ride in the trucks to their new quarters at Birkenau?

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 1, where is Cibi?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not a biography?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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