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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the train from Muhldorf pulls into a station at noon, what is there?
(a) More priosners.
(b) New guards.
(c) A group of bystanders, who throw food at the prisoners.
(d) Trucks with red crosses painted on them.

2. What is Elli, Laura and Bubi's home like after the war?
(a) Empty except for piles of human excrement.
(b) Exactly as they left it.
(c) Completely torn down.
(d) Full of other people's belongings.

3. Why does Laura put a piece of cloth around Bubi's head?
(a) To pass him off as a woman.
(b) To keep the cloth with the family.
(c) To see him in crowds.
(d) To stop his bleeding.

4. After the train from Muhldorf pulls into a station at noon, what do the planes overhead do?
(a) Take pictures.
(b) Fly away.
(c) Fire on the train formation.
(d) Drop bombs.

5. After the war, how does Laura earn money for food?
(a) Tutoring students.
(b) Cleaning homes.
(c) Translating papers.
(d) Sewing for Russian girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What convinces Elli of her father's death?

2. On the night of Laura's injury at Auschwitz, what does Elli do?

3. When an SS guard arrives at Augsburg, what happens to women's food?

4. How long wis Elli and Laura's lunch break?

5. Where did Bubi's father die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the arrival of an SS guard change the women's conditions at Augsburg?

2. What is the importance of Laura keeping her handkerchief?

3. At first, how do the military guards treat the women, and how do the women respond at Augsburg?

4. Why do other women help Elli with her mother?

5. What is significant about Elli's tattoo at Auschwitz?

6. Why do Elli, Bubi, and Laura vow never to separate again?

7. What are the prisoners reactions to the gunfire and planes in "It's An American Plane"?

8. What are Elli's mixed feelings concerning her new clothes at Augsburg?

9. What do the events from the chapter "Mommy, There's a Worm in Your Soup" demonstrate?

10. How do the prisoners behave on the cars that leave from the Muhldorf train station?

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