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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gerda keep to herself?
(a) Some letters are not really Arthur's.
(b) Her desire to commit sucide.
(c) The challenges of being with her parents.
(d) Her sadness and dispair.

2. What does Arthur give to Gerda before he leaves?
(a) a piece of glass.
(b) some money.
(c) a necklace.
(d) his love.

3. What is Gerda particularly stunned about?
(a) The quickness of the invasion.
(b) That she feels happy the Nazis have come.
(c) She feels numb and is stunned at nothing.
(d) The cowardice of the Polish people.

4. What rumors were prevalent while Gerda was on vacation?
(a) She was pregnant.
(b) The war will soon be over!
(c) War will start soon.
(d) Jews will be hunted down and put into the concentration camps.

5. Where does Gerda lose Arthur's present?
(a) Czechoslovakia.
(b) Ukraine.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the family told is happening to Arthur's letters?

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

3. What are Jews forced to give up after the invasion?

4. How does Gerda console herself?

5. What are the rumors surrounding the men that leave?

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