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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 15, what is the name of a kapo Livi sees beat prisoners with a baton?

2. In Chapter 16, where does Magda hide for the night?

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

4. How long are Magda and her family kept confined in a school in Chapter 20 until Magda and other teenagers are taken from their families?

5. In Chapter 26, how long after Cibi, Livi, and Magda have been staying in Bratislava, does Uncle Ivan find them?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what happens when Livi is in the hospital?

2. In Chapter 19, who becomes the supervisor at the post office where Cibi works, and how does she treat the girls?

3. What rumors do Cibi, Livi, and Magda hear in Chapter 22?

4. How does Cibi get Magda to their block?

5. What job does Cibi get at Birkenau?

6. How do Magda and Livi get to Israel?

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

8. What happens to Magda after her family is ordered to leave by the Germans?

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

10. What news does Uncle Ivan have in Chapter 18?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

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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