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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 143 through 182.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the inmates travel, why do they struggle to breathe?
(a) Gas filled the air.
(b) The snow.
(c) The heat and lack of air.
(d) The closed cars.

2. Who is Pinhas?
(a) A kind guard in the ghetto.
(b) A boy who helps Elli's family.
(c) A popular cook in the ghetto.
(d) A boy who likes Elli.

3. Why had the woman in charge of the barracks paid a horrible price for her survival?
(a) She bribed the guards.
(b) She was terribly mean.
(c) She killed other inmates.
(d) She was very thin.

4. What purpose does the river in town often serve?
(a) A tourist attraction.
(b) Watering herds of animals.
(c) Washing laundry.
(d) Fish, for food.

5. The night before the men are to leave for work camp, what does Laura's father spend time doing?
(a) Reading the Talmud.
(b) Preparing food.
(c) Talking to his wife.
(d) Resting his eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bubi manage to return from Budapest after the story breaks in the papers?

2. Where do Bonnie and Elli go to swim?

3. What does Elli's father show her in the basement?

4. When an SS guard arrives at Augsburg, what do the military guards begin doing?

5. On the day of the scheduled decimation, what happens?

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