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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. When does Cibi remember picking flowers from the linden tree from the Catholic priest's garden?

2. In Chapter 15, what is the only day Cibi leaves the block when she is sick?

3. Who helps get Magda to Auschwitz in Chapter 22?

4. In Chapter 25, where does Eva have to go?

5. In Chapter 24, how many SS officers do Cibi and her group see that ignore the women?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Russian soldiers arrive at the castle where Cibi and her group are staying?

2. What happens to Cibi's mother and grandfather, and what is she allowed to keep of theirs?

3. How does Rita cover for Cibi when she is sick in Chapter 15, and why is Cibi not taken to the hospital?

4. What job does Cibi get at Birkenau?

5. How are the prisoners transported to Ravensbruck after their long march?

6. Where does Magda spend the night in Chapter 16?

7. Where do Cibi and her group find the Americans and what happens next?

8. How is Magda caught by Visik, a Hlinka guard?

9. Why is Livi punished by being put in the hole?

10. How do prisoners try to blow up a crematoria?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

The sisters experience anti-Jewish sentiment in Bratislava. How does the anti-Jewish settlement they face factor in the decision they make to go to Israel?

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