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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. What are Suri and Hindi doing on June 9 and 10?

2. As the guards order women to take their blankets inside, what do they do to the women?

3. When the guards force the women outside for roll call, what does Elli wish she had thought about earlier?

4. What do the aunt and cousins say about Elli and her mother's reaction to their first serving of food at Auschwitz?

5. How does Elli handle being forced to wear the yellow star?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the color 'yellow' symbolize in Elli's life?

3. What is the mood when the women smell gas behind closed doors?

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

5. Describe Laura's "lack of affection."

6. What happens to the prisoners when they arrive at Auschwitz?

7. What honesty does the chapter "Teen Vanity" bring to the book?

8. Why would Bubi's father ignore his story concerning Budapest?

9. Why does Elli and her mother go to the cemetery before leaving for the ghetto?

10. Why does Elli refuse to go out in her town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What overall message did Bitton-Jackson convey to readers?

Essay Topic 2

What did Elli's poetry mean to her? How did the poetry shape her development? Look at others' reactions and her journey as she wrote.

Essay Topic 3

How did the incremental changes Jews faced during World War II ultimately lead to the destruction of many Jews?

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