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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 Cibi on her birthday in Chapter 21?

2. In Chapter 23, to what camp are the prisoners taken?

3. When does Magda tell Cibi that she, her mother, and her grandfather left home?

4. In Chapter 17, who do the SS guards bring into the camp when Livi is delivering a message to medical block?

5. What is the name of a girl Livi has to share the punishment of the hole with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens to Mala the translator after she escapes from the camp?

7. How do Cibi, Livi, Magda, and seven other girls leave the march from Retzow?

8. What shelter do Cibi. Livi, Magda, and the other women find in Chapter 24?

9. What job is Livi given in Chapter 15?

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

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

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in Three Sisters? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 3

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

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