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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the sign outside of the fur factory say?
(a) Dogs Not Allowed on Premises.
(b) Jews Not Allowed to Enter.
(c) No One is Allowed Inside.
(d) Dogs and Jews Not Allowed to Enter.

2. What news does Gerda's family receive in mid October?
(a) The Germans have been defeated.
(b) All men between fifteen and sixty must register.
(c) The allies do not wish to help them.
(d) Their family has been killed.

3. Why didn't the Weissmanns get out of Poland sooner?
(a) Gerda's mother was extremely sick.
(b) Gerda's mother was pregnant and it would have been too hard on her.
(c) Gerda refused to leave.
(d) Gerda's father was recovering from a heart attack.

4. What time period does the book take place?
(a) From 1939-1945.
(b) From 1945-1965.
(c) From 1921-1939.
(d) From 1866 - 1890.

5. Where did Gerda and Helene vacation the previous summer before the invasion?
(a) Paris.
(b) Bahamas.
(c) Cannes.
(d) Krynica.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Gerda's brother and father hide in a closet?

2. What does Arthur refuse Gerda?

3. What are Jews forced to give up after the invasion?

4. What are the rumors surrounding the men that leave?

5. In the beginning of the novel, who is invading Gerda's hometown?

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