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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the winter seem to be so long?
(a) Gerda feels scared about what is to come.
(b) Gerda wondering where her family is.
(c) This year it is a harsh, cold long winter.
(d) She never knows if she will survive to the next day.

2. In the first part of the chapter, Gerda is given a note. What does the note say?
(a) That she will be transferred to a different camp.
(b) That her parents are alive.
(c) That Gerda has been given permission to stay in Sosnowitz.
(d) Abek wishes to marry her.

3. What is different about the new camp?
(a) The guards are nicer.
(b) It is very dirty.
(c) The guards are meaner.
(d) It is cleaner and nicer than Dulag.

4. How does Gerda feel about living in the Jewish Ghetto?
(a) Angry for being robbed of her life.
(b) Nervous and angry she is forced to move.
(c) Glad her parents will be with her.
(d) Relieved that she will not be going to a concentration camp.

5. Where does Gerda spend most of her time before she is sent away?
(a) With Erika at her house.
(b) Her family's old home.
(c) With her father in his study.
(d) Her family's garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is given to Gerda so that she can get out of the country?

2. What do the Germans decide to take from Gerda's friend, Ilse?

3. Why does Mrs Berger slap one of the girls?

4. What do Mr. Pipersberg and Gerda's father have in common?

5. What happens to Erika's mother and little brother?

(see the answer key)

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