"I Have Lived a Thousand Years" Ch. 17-24

What is the one bad thing about Ellie and Mommy leaving Auschwitz?

• they had made many new friends in Auschwitz

• they had plenty of food and water there

• Mommy is not well enough to travel

• they were leaving Aunt Celia and the cousins

How long is the workday at the forced-labor camp?

• 8 hours

• 10 hours

• 12 hours

• 16 hours

What is wrong with the midday meal (soup) at the forced-labor camp?

• filled with worms

• filled with poison

• it's cold

• covered with flies

What is Mommy and Ellie's reaction to the disgusting soup?

• they both eat it

• Ellie eats it; Mommy dumps it out

• Mommy eats it; Ellie dumps it out

• they both dump it out

What is sabotage?

• refusing to work

• talking during Zahlappel

• stealing food

• all of these

What is decimation?

• dying of hunger

• an entire barracks is executed

• every tenth row in Zahlappel is executed

• every tenth prisoner is executed

Who were the hundreds of people who were questioned and probably executed by the SS?

• civilians planning to free the Jews

• Allied soldiers trying to attack the Germans

• German soldiers who turned on the SS

• Jews who committed sabotage

What is the big rumor that is circulating through the forced-labor camp?

• all Jews are to be executed immediately

• male and female Jews are to be reunited in a different camp

• Hitler is dead

• the Germans have surrendered

What does Ellie finally realize about the smoke?

• it never stops

• it's wood burning

• it's bodies burning

• it burns her eyes and lungs

Why does Ellie pick one line over the other to get her tattoo?

• the tattoos are done better (more neatly) in one line

• they put fewer numbers on your arm in one line

• the line is shorter

• the tattoo ink is a different color in one line