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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 24, how many girls are in Cibi's group who travel together after leaving the other prisoners?

3. What does Cibi find in Chapter 15 that she tries to feed Livi when she gets sick?

4. What job does an SS officer get Cibi at Birkenau in Chapter 17?

5. In Chapter 22, when is the first time the girls can go outside after the new year?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Cibi get Magda to their block?

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

10. What job does Cibi get at Birkenau?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Magda finds a sword lily when collecting wood with her grandfather. What does the sword lily symbolize and why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Cibi resists remembering the past when they are reunited with Magda. Why can memories hurt or help? How do they hurt or help the sisters?

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