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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the rumors surrounding the men that leave?
(a) Thay are given paid government jobs.
(b) They are taken to concentration camps.
(c) They are slaughtered in the woods.
(d) They are forced to create new families somewhere else.

2. What do Mr. Pipersberg and Gerda's father have in common?
(a) They were interested in purchasing a fur factory.
(b) Their children were going to marry.
(c) They wish to buy a paper company.
(d) They teach at the same college.

3. What type of waltzes did they listen to on the trip?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Viennese.

4. During her errands, who does Gerda get angry with?
(a) The shoemaker.
(b) Her father.
(c) The baker.
(d) Her mother.

5. How long does it take for Poland to become fully occupied?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 18 days.
(d) 5 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't the Weissmanns get out of Poland sooner?

2. How do the Weissmanns' non-Jewish neighbors react to the occupation?

3. What does Arthur refuse Gerda?

4. In the beginning of the novel, who is invading Gerda's hometown?

5. What are the Polish people hopeful for?

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