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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While the Germans lose ground on the Eastern Front, what halts at the camp?

3. Where is the new camp located?

4. What can Gerda not bear to do?

5. After the war, what does Gerda do with her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How old is Gerda when she goes to see Burnberg for the first time?

2. How does Gerda acquire poison?

3. Who is the senior Jewess of Gerda's camp area?

4. How does Gerda honor the memories of those that did not make it out of the Holocaust?

5. When they are forced to move, where must the girls go and must they travel there?

6. What does Gerda learn about Abek's family in Sosnowitz?

7. When does Gerda meet Frau Kugler?

8. On May 6, 1949, Frau Kugler announces that the girls will be moved where?

9. What part of Gerda's body has been the most affected by frostbite?

10. What date are the girls forced to go to their new camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Gerda and her friends are taken to Landeshut by Director Keller, she says tat she feels like she has come home.

a. Why was she overcome with joy?

b. Why do you think Director Keller sent them to Landeshut?

c. Why does Gerda pretend to care for Abek?

Essay Topic 2

During the war, Gerda meets a character named Frau Kugler. In what way was the character relevant to the story?

a. Why does Frau Kugler help Gerda during the book?

b. Do you feel that this character had a positive or negative effect on Gerda's views of the Germans?

Essay Topic 3

Gerda's family (and others) puts up little or no resistance against the Germans when they were invaded. Why didn't more Jews resist? Do you think that resisting against German forces would have helped or made things worse? Why were Gerda's neighbors giving the Germans flowers and praise?

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