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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. What type of tree does Magda remember finding the sword lilly when she tells the story to her sisters in Chapter 23?

2. What is in a box Cibi cannot deliver in Chapter 17?

3. What is the name of the woman who gives Magda stale bread at the bakery and then throws it on the floor in Chapter 16?

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

5. What is the name of SS officer Elisabeth Volkenrath's husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What job is Livi given in Chapter 15?

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

4. What job does Cibi get at Birkenau?

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

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

7. In Chapter 26, why do Cibi, Magda, and Livi return to Bratislava after going to Vranov?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cibi frequently remembers the girls they took blankets from. Why does Cibi frequently remember the girls they took blankets from? Why does she wonder if she is complicit in their deaths?

Essay Topic 2

Menachem has his daughters make a promise. What does he ask his girls to promise? Why is the promise important to him and to them?

Essay Topic 3

In Three Sisters, some characters are three-dimensional and others are two-dimensional. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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