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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. How many days is Livi in the hospital in Chapter 9?

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

3. What is the name of the Hlinka guard that Cibi knows?

4. How much water are the girls given on the train in Chapter 6?

5. What is the name of the place where Cibi and Livi find themselves in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do two of the Hlinka Guard come to the Meller home in Chapter 3?

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

3. Why does Menachem ask his daughters to always promise to take care of one another?

4. In Chapter 8, what does Chaya do while she waits for Magda to get home?

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

6. What is the ward like where Maga is staying in the hospital, and how does she know when a patient is about to die?

7. What does Dr. Kiseley tell Maga when she insists she needs to go home?

8. What do the Hlinka Guard say when Chaya says that Livi is too young to go work for the Germans?

9. What does Magda have to do each Friday?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Three Sisters?

Essay Topic 2

A flashback is a point in a story where an author takes readers back in time to present information that happened previously. How does Morris use flashbacks to reveal information from the past?

Essay Topic 3

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does Morris use more metaphors or similes in Three Sisters? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers make the writing more interesting?

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