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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. Why does Elli not have the chance to graduate?

2. After finding their cousins, where are Laura and Elli directed?

3. What bothers Elli the most concerning her surrendered possession?

4. How do other boys react to Bubi's attitude concerning his yellow star?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the girl like who oversees the barracks?

2. What does the new rule that Jews are not to socialize at all with Christians do to Elli and her family?

3. Why does Elli's father become like "a statue of stone" as the family prepares for Nagymagyar?

4. What does Elli's relationship with Jansci bring to her life?

5. How do Hindi, Suri Schreiber, and Aunt Celia help Laura and Elli on their first day at Auschwitz?

6. Why does Aunt Serena become so agitated the night before they leave for work camp?

7. What reactions does Elli's poetry bring from her parents?

8. At the start of her story, how do Elli's actions as her life starts to change indirectly describe her?

9. What is Bubi's relationship with other people?

10. What do Elli, her family, and other Jews do when they arrive at the ghetto?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Laura faced numerous conflicts, both internally and externally. What were her greatest conflicts, and whom did they most affect?

Essay Topic 2

How did Elli's relationship with her mother change from the start of the book, through the concentration camps, and then as they settle after the war?

Essay Topic 3

In concentration camps, what aspect of the women's lives did the guards not control?

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