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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 22, how many days are the girls' bodies left hanging on the gallows?

2. What story does a girl named Vanoushka tell Civi, Libi, and the others in their block?

3. 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?

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

5. In Chapter 15, what is the only day Cibi leaves the block when she is sick?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Cibi get Magda to their block?

4. How do Magda and Livi get to Israel?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A flashback is a point in a story where an author takes readers back in time to present information that happened previously. How does Morris use flashbacks to reveal information from the past?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Although life is difficult, Cibi, Livi, and other prisoners find humor in their circumstances. How do prisoners find humor in their circumstances? How is humor a tool for coping?

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