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

2. In Chapter 21, why does Cibi decide not to move to Auschwitz?

3. In Chapter 25, where does the farmer tell the girls to go when they decide to leave?

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

5. What type of cars do Cibi, Livi, Magda, and the others get on during the death march in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What job does Cibi get at Birkenau?

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

5. Where do Cibi and her group find the Americans and what happens next?

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

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

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 happens to Mala the translator after she escapes from the camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

SS officers have a well-deserved reputation for cruelty. How do some SS officers at Auschwitz-Birkenau show kindness? How do some SS officers treat prisoners humanely at times? Do prisoners experience more humane or inhumane treatment from SS officers?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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