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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 25, how long do the girls stay at the castle before Russian soldiers arrive?

2. What does a girl give Livi for Ciba in Chapter 15?

3. When the girls find the Americans, how long are they told they have to stay at the camp before they will be taken by bus to Prague?

4. How did SS officer Mandel want Mala to die?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cibi get Magda to their block?

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

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

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

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

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

9. On the death march in Chapter 23, what do the sisters remember they used to make?

10. How do Magda and Livi get to Israel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Livi is shocked when she learns her head has been shaved. Why is Livi shocked when she learns her head has been shaved? How did she dissociate when her head was being shaved? Why is dissociation a useful skill in the concentration camp?

Essay Topic 2

Cibi, Magda, and Livi are welcomed along with the other Jews who go to Prague after the war. Why is Cibi unsure how to accept the welcome? Why does she believe the welcome is hypocritical?

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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