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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 color hair does SS officer Mandel have?

2. What does a girl give Livi for Ciba in Chapter 15?

3. In Chapter 21, what is the name of the girl who says she sees Magda?

4. In Chapter 16, how long ago did Magda and her family celebrate Hanukkah?

5. What color are the flowers of the linden tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shelter do Cibi. Livi, Magda, and the other women find in Chapter 24?

2. What happens when Russian soldiers arrive at the castle where Cibi and her group are staying?

3. How does Rita cover for Cibi when she is sick in Chapter 15, and why is Cibi not taken to the hospital?

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

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

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

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

8. How is Magda caught by Visik, a Hlinka guard?

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

10. In Chapter 26, why do Cibi, Magda, and Livi return to Bratislava after going to Vranov?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Menachem has his daughters make a promise. What does he ask his girls to promise? Why is the promise important to him and to them?

Essay Topic 2

The sisters and other characters struggle with guilt. Why do the sisters and other characters struggle with guilt? Why does surviving make them feel guilty?

Essay Topic 3

SS officers have a well-deserved reputation for cruelty. How do some SS officers at Auschwitz-Birkenau show kindness? How do some SS officers treat prisoners humanely at times? Do prisoners experience more humane or inhumane treatment from SS officers?

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