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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Arthur refuse Gerda?
(a) The opportunity to go to a dance.
(b) He refuses to fight.
(c) They do not say goodbye.
(d) A chance to meet his girlfriend.

2. Does it seem likely the Weissmanns will be shipped out of Poland?
(a) Yes. Only because they are escaping.
(b) No, the Germans want to keep the Weissmanns in Poland.
(c) No, they are all hiding.
(d) Yes. It is fast apporaching.

3. What is special about the last letter they receive in the chapter?
(a) The letter came quickly.
(b) The letter is in Arthur's handwriting.
(c) The letter is very long.
(d) It is scented with Arthur's cologne.

4. After being separated from her mother, Gerda is sent to what town?
(a) Grantez.
(b) Sosnowitz.
(c) Auswitch.
(d) Berlin.

5. Why do Gerda and her friend spend so much time in the town's graveyard?
(a) They know they will soon be dead.
(b) They dance on the graves of Germans to defy the Nazis.
(c) They visit the graves of their dead friends.
(d) It is the only outside space not taken over by the Nazis.

6. Why do Gerda's brother and father hide in a closet?
(a) The whole family lives in the closet.
(b) They are cowards.
(c) They don't hide.
(d) There are rumors of Jewish men being kidnapped.

7. What does Julius make Gerda promise?
(a) To stay at home with him and Helene.
(b) To go look for her brother.
(c) Not to commit suicide.
(d) To not marry someone she doesn't love.

8. What do Gerda and Helene conceal from Julius?
(a) Helene's infidelity.
(b) That war will be soon.
(c) Arthur's fighting.
(d) Gerda's pregnancy.

9. How does Gerda console herself?
(a) She thinks about the good times.
(b) She buys herself a treat.
(c) She writes a poem.
(d) She cannot console herself at all.

10. Where must Jewish women register to work?
(a) Wadowitz.
(b) Weigmanitz.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Sonowitz.

11. What do the Germans decide to take from Gerda's friend, Ilse?
(a) Her Hair.
(b) Her puppy.
(c) Her time.
(d) Her piano.

12. Does Gerda think of the present situation she lives in?
(a) Yes she contemplates ways to kill soldiers.
(b) Yes. She thinks of ways to escape.
(c) No, because she is not very bright.
(d) No, her thoughts are devoid of the present.

13. What happens to Erika's mother and little brother?
(a) They are resuced by Allied forces.
(b) They are sent hastily to a work camp.
(c) They flee to America.
(d) They are taken to the middle of town square and killed.

14. What makes Gerda rethink rejecting the offer?
(a) She does not wish to be locked up in a camp.
(b) Working in Sosnowitz might have been a chance of freedom.
(c) She does not wish to go to a death camp.
(d) She may has gotten to know Abek better.

15. Where do the occupants of the Ghetto fear they will be sent?
(a) To central Germany.
(b) To Russia.
(c) Auschwitz or other labor camps.
(d) To be homeless.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What time period does the book take place?

3. What type of waltzes did they listen to on the trip?

4. During her errands, who does Gerda get angry with?

5. How does Gerda's father try to help his children?

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