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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 23, where are the prisoners allowed to rest?

2. What type of tree does Magda remember finding the sword lilly when she tells the story to her sisters in Chapter 23?

3. What is in a box Cibi cannot deliver in Chapter 17?

4. In Chapter 17, who do the SS guards bring into the camp when Livi is delivering a message to medical block?

5. In Chapter 16, what does Cibi give Livi?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Cibi and her group find the Americans and what happens next?

2. How do Magda and Livi get to Israel?

3. What happens to Magda after her family is ordered to leave by the Germans?

4. How are the prisoners transported to Ravensbruck after their long march?

5. What happens to Mala the translator after she escapes from the camp?

6. What happens to Cibi's mother and grandfather, and what is she allowed to keep of theirs?

7. What rumors do Cibi, Livi, and Magda hear in Chapter 22?

8. What news does Uncle Ivan have in Chapter 18?

9. In Chapter 15, what happens when Livi is in the hospital?

10. On the death march in Chapter 23, what do the sisters remember they used to make?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Cibi, Magda, and Livi are welcomed along with the other Jews who go to Prague after the war. Why is Cibi unsure how to accept the welcome? Why does she believe the welcome is hypocritical?

Essay Topic 3

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in Three Sisters? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

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