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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 71 through 100.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elli's father show her in the basement?
(a) Where he hid her yellow bicycle.
(b) Where to keep her poetry and money.
(c) Where to hide from soldiers.
(d) Where he buried the family's valuable jewelry.

2. What does the town crier announce concerning Jews and socialization?
(a) Jews are not allowed to look at anyone.
(b) Jews are not allowed to speak to anyone.
(c) Jews are not allowed to socialize at all with Christians.
(d) Jews are not allowed to talk about Christians.

3. After the women are driven into a room at Auschwitz, what happens to them?
(a) Forced at gunpoint to strip and are shaven.
(b) Given a bed and towel.
(c) Bathed by cruel guards.
(d) Beaten to strip.

4. 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 was very thin.
(d) She killed other inmates.

5. For what does Old Mr. Stern pray?
(a) Everyone's safe return.
(b) Safety for children.
(c) The long road that lies ahead.
(d) Courage and bravery for the men.

Short Answer Questions

1. During selection, to what side do the guards send Aunt Serene?

2. At Auschwitz, what clothes do the women receive?

3. How does Elli's father react to Bubi's story from the middle of the night?

4. For what are the women punished at Auschwitz?

5. The night before the men are to leave for work camp, what does Laura pack for their trip?

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