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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 is The Hay?

2. Where do Zuzanna and Kasia recover in Chapter 28?

3. Where was Rena located during the war?

4. What is the name of Nadia's dog?

5. What has Herta been making to celebrate the success of the Riech in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Paul and Caroline’s relationship when she first gets to France?

2. What does Rena ask Caroline when she returns to France? What is Caroline’s reaction?

3. Why does Kasia not want to name the baby Halina?

4. What does Caroline’s interaction with Mms Bertillion reveal about Caroline’s personality?

5. What does Herta’s escape from Ravensbruck in Chapter 26 reveal about her character?

6. What does Herta warn Commandant Suhren about in Chapter 20?

7. How do Zuzanna and Kasia escape from Ravensbruck?

8. Is Kasia and Pietrik’s wedding day a happy one?

9. What happens to Fritz in Chapter 17?

10. What does Herr Fenstermacher do for Zuzanna on Christmas? What does this do for her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 14, Herta discusses how she cuts herself to relieve stress. What is this self-mutilation a symptom of for Herta? What does it reveal about her personality? What could it symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapters 5 and 8, Matka uses her ability to speak German and her German heritage to gain special favor with the Nazis. Kasia is outraged by this. What does Matka sacrifice throughout the text to protect her family?

Essay Topic 3

Although Herta is a German Aryan, she is not completely protected from the discrimination of the Nazi Party. How does Herta experience discrimination?

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