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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 old is Ambruster, the SS officer for whom Cibi becomes a clerk?
2. In Chapter 6, what can the girls smell when they board a second train?
3. What are the girls given to eat in Chapter 6?
4. When Cibi gets typhus, for how long is she half carried to and from Auschwitz?
5. What can the girls smell cooking in the Prologue?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 9, why is Livi upset when she returns from the hospital?
2. What is the last train like that Cibi and Livi take and where are they taken?
3. In Chapter 10, why does the kapo, Ingrid, tell the sisters not to ride in the trucks to their new quarters at Birkenau?
4. How does Magda take the news that her sisters are gone?
5. Why do two of the Hlinka Guard come to the Meller home in Chapter 3?
6. What do Cibi and Livi pack in Chapter 4?
7. What is the ward like where Maga is staying in the hospital, and how does she know when a patient is about to die?
8. Why does Dr. Kisely put Magda in the hospital in Chapter 1?
9. In Chapter 7, what are the sisters told when they are taken to a red-brick, two-story building?
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
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
Magda finds a sword lily when collecting wood with her grandfather. What does the sword lily symbolize and why?
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