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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. What does Livi find in Chapter 9, that she keeps?

3. How many people have to sleep in a bunk in Chapter 10?

4. How many beds are in the ward where Maga is at Humenne Hospital?

5. In Chapter 2, what does a young man throw at Cibi?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1, where is Cibi?

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

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

5. Why do two of the Hlinka Guard come to the Meller home in Chapter 3?

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

7. Where do the Hachshara train?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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