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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. What happens the day the food arrives early at Laura and Elli's work?
(a) The food turns cold.
(b) Other prisoners steal the food.
(c) Animals eat the food.
(d) The food becomes putrid in the hot sun.

2. How long wis Elli and Laura's lunch break?
(a) Fifteen minutes.
(b) An hour.
(c) Half hour.
(d) They never recieve a lunch break.

3. When Elli arrives at Auschwitz the second time, what happens to the bed above Elli and Laura?
(a) It is taken away.
(b) It is lumpy.
(c) It shatters.
(d) It has a broken plank.

4. When Elli arrives at Auschwitz the second time, what does she realize?
(a) Hitler is not dead.
(b) She cannot live much longer.
(c) Laura is quite ill.
(d) She is alone.

5. When the train from Muhldorf pulls into a station at noon, what do the guards tell the prisoners?
(a) To lie to locals about their situations.
(b) To steal food if they want some.
(c) To stay on the trains.
(d) To come to the window of the cars for hot soup.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the women arrive in Augsburg, what do the SS guards immediately do?

2. Immediately following their freedom, what confuses Elli and the other passengers?

3. After Elli's last train ride under the German soldiers' control, who is there when the doors open?

4. As the women traveled, what makes them feel better?

5. When a rainstorm hits suddenly, what are the women doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the entire barrack stay up at night reading a prayer book?

2. What would lead the local woman to believe Elli is "sixty or sixty-two" years old?

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

4. What is the difficulty the women face after the group of men and women from the uprising are killed?

5. Why does Elli become angry toward her mother after she saved soup for Elli?

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

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

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

9. What is Elli's internal conflict about making parts for German aircraft?

10. What do the women's sleeping arrangements at Auschwitz demonstrate about their treatment?

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