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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Caroline send her care packages in France?
(a) To wounded soldiers.
(b) To children's hospitals.
(c) To orphanages.
(d) To widows.

2. How does Herta justify liking Halina?
(a) Halina smarter than the other prisoners.
(b) Halina is an excellent singer.
(c) Halina is half German.
(d) Halina has medical training.

3. What is the name of the family’s beloved pet chicken?
(a) Psina.
(b) Irenka.
(c) Cluck.
(d) Peirogi.

4. What is Mutti's nickname for Herta?
(a) Little heifer.
(b) Smartie pants.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Tiny bell.

5. How does Caroline get materiel to make children's clothes for the orphanage?
(a) She pays a lot of money at a high end material store.
(b) She takes apart the curtains in her home.
(c) She rips up her old Broadway costumes.
(d) She trades her jewelry for it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Halina paid for her portraits?

2. Where are Kasia, Zuzannna, Luiza, Pietrik and Martka arrested?

3. Kasia learns that survival at camp depends on keeping track of what items?

4. Who does Kasia run into on her way to Mr. Z's Pharmacy?

5. When does Germany take Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 14 we meet Binz. What type of person is Binz?

2. How does Luiza die?

3. How does Kasia’s ability to speak German help her and her family while they are in Ravensbruck?

4. Martha Hall Kelly writes the character of Herta’s father as a Jewish sympathizer. Why do you think she made that choice?

5. What do Betty and Caroline fight about in Chapter 15?

6. Does Herta have a lot of female friends before her life at Ravensbruck? What does this tell us about her?

7. What is Caroline’s relationship like with Pia?

8. Why does Caroline hesitate to have dinner with Paul after the charity event?

9. Although Paul and Caroline’s relationship gets physical, Paul leaves in the middle of the act. What does this reveal about Paul?

10. In Chapter 4, Paul save’s Caroline’s mother’s charity event at the Plaza. What does this reveal about his character?

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