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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. How old is Cibi on her birthday in Chapter 21?

2. When does Cibi remember picking flowers from the linden tree from the Catholic priest's garden?

3. What color are the flowers of the linden tree?

4. When do the prisoners start to hear that the Germans are losing the war and the Russians are approaching?

5. In Chapter 17, who do the SS guards bring into the camp when Livi is delivering a message to medical block?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 14, what does Cibi remember doing in 1939?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in Three Sisters? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Three Sisters?

Essay Topic 3

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

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