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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 color hair does SS officer Mandel have?

2. Who is the nurse who looks after Livi when she is sick in Chapter 15?

3. Where do Livi and Magda take a ship in Chapter 27?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Magda and Livi get to Israel?

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

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

4. How does Rita cover for Cibi when she is sick in Chapter 15, and why is Cibi not taken to the hospital?

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

6. What job does Cibi get at Birkenau?

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

8. What job is Livi given in Chapter 15?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Cibi, Magda, and Livi are welcomed along with the other Jews who go to Prague after the war. Why is Cibi unsure how to accept the welcome? Why does she believe the welcome is hypocritical?

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