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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Abek look when Gerda is finally allowed to see him?
(a) Strong.
(b) Depressed and sad.
(c) Pale and weak.
(d) Very happy because he is near her.

2. What does the Director of the camp use his ring for?
(a) To make beatings worse for the girls.
(b) Poking people's eyes out.
(c) Bribe girls into sleeping with him.
(d) Admire it.

3. What do a frightened Gerda and Ilse pass on their medical exams?
(a) Physical test.
(b) Pneumonia and TB.
(c) Bedbug, and other pest tests.
(d) Their x-ray tests.

4. What do the girls pray for every night?
(a) That the English will bomb the Germans.
(b) Survival.
(c) More food and water.
(d) Their lives to return back to normal.

5. Why is Abek hurt by Gerda's hug?
(a) She kisses him instead.
(b) Gerda does not look at Abek as she hugs him.
(c) It lacks passion and love.
(d) She refuses to hug him.

6. What does Gerda fall ill with while in the hospital?
(a) malaria.
(b) typhus and pneumonia.
(c) tuberculosis.
(d) disentary.

7. What saves Gerda at Grunberg?
(a) She is able to sew and not do hard labor.
(b) She gets to log inventory, which is not a hard labor job.
(c) She makes plays to keep herself sane.
(d) Ilse helps her stay sane.

8. Who sets up a hospital for the girls to recover?
(a) The Czech Republic hospitals.
(b) The American Blue Cross.
(c) English Soliders Hospital.
(d) The Red Cross.

9. What does Gerda do with the note?
(a) Keeps it as evidence.
(b) Frames the note.
(c) Gives it to Ilse.
(d) She tears it up before she reads it.

10. What lie does the Camp Director tell the girls to burst their hope?
(a) Franklin Delano Roosevelt has died.
(b) The Nazis and Italians have joined forces.
(c) The Americans have been conquered.
(d) Hilter is appearing on television.

11. By 1943, how long has it been since the Germans invaded Poland?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 13 years.

12. After the war, what does Gerda do with her life?
(a) She becomes an author.
(b) She becomes a teacher.
(c) She becomes a lecturer and an author.
(d) She becomes a housewife and a mother.

13. Why does Mrs Berger slap one of the girls?
(a) To prove herself to the Germans.
(b) To establish her authority among the lower ranked Jewish women.
(c) She never slaps anyone.
(d) To enjoy violence.

14. Although Germany seems to be under siege, what do all the prisoners and SS guards continue to do?
(a) Kill girls.
(b) March onward.
(c) Running the concentration camp.
(d) Their cruelty towards women.

15. How is Abek allowed to see Gerda?
(a) He escapes to visit her.
(b) He cuts himself and is able to see a nurse.
(c) He gets a new work assignment.
(d) He never sees her again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the rumors surrounding the male SS guards?

2. How old does Gerda turn on May 8th?

3. How often are the girls allowed to take showers?

4. In the first part of the chapter, Gerda is given a note. What does the note say?

5. What sacrifice does Gerda make to be with the sick Ilse?

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