Answer: "This is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through powdery air."
Explanation: The line compares <u>the valley of ashes</u> to a <u>fantastic farm</u> using "like"
It killed her and her family, except her father. after being found after about 2 years of hiding, she was dragged away to a concentration camp, where she later died after her sister did.