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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. In Chapter 10, what block are Cibi and Livi assigned to?

2. What can the girls smell cooking in the Prologue?

3. How old is Livi when she is sent to work for the Germans?

4. In Chapter 7, what color bricks have been used to build the barracks?

5. How many teens are in the clearing in the middle of the woods in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do the Hachshara train?

2. When does Cibi's group leave for Palestine, and how many groups have gone before?

3. What is the job the sisters are assigned to do in Chapter 7?

4. In Chapter 10, why does the kapo, Ingrid, tell the sisters not to ride in the trucks to their new quarters at Birkenau?

5. What is the last train like that Cibi and Livi take and where are they taken?

6. What does Cibi decide to do when she learns that Livi is to go work for the Germans?

7. In Chapter 7, what are the sisters told when they are taken to a red-brick, two-story building?

8. What goes into the soups the sisters are served in Chapter 9?

9. What do Cibi and Livi pack in Chapter 4?

10. How does Magda take the news that her sisters are gone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Prisoners at Auschwitz have their identities stripped from them. How are the identities of prisoners stripped from them? How are Cibi and Livi and other prisoners dehumanized by the loss of their identities?

Essay Topic 2

Cibi frequently remembers the girls they took blankets from. Why does Cibi frequently remember the girls they took blankets from? Why does she wonder if she is complicit in their deaths?

Essay Topic 3

Although life is difficult, Cibi, Livi, and other prisoners find humor in their circumstances. How do prisoners find humor in their circumstances? How is humor a tool for coping?

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