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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 do the women who shoveled snow at Augsburg find?

2. How do Elli, Laura, and Bubi make the trip home?

3. Where does Bubi receive permission to attend school after the war?

4. When an SS guard arrives at Augsburg, how does the women's treatment change?

5. Why does the family wait at their home after the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the interaction between Bubi and Laura at the Muhldorf train station show readers?

3. What do Elli and Laura do with the saved soup? Why?

4. Why does Elli call her and her mother's reunion a "divine miracle"?

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

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

7. How does Laura's life change after the liberation?

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

9. Why does Elli feel so different about her town after the war?

10. Why does Bitton-Jackson include great details about the family's trip back to their home?

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

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

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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