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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 25, where does the farmer tell the girls to go when they decide to leave?

2. What do the girls see when they wake after sleeping by a lake in Chapter 24?

3. When does Cibi marry Mischka?

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

5. When is Livi's birthday?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do Magda and Livi get to Israel?

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

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

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

9. What job does Cibi get at Birkenau?

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

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

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does Morris use more metaphors or similes in Three Sisters? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers make the writing more interesting?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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