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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. Why is she angry with this person?
(a) He tells her Arthur will never come back.
(b) He insults her by making an advance.
(c) She tells her she is not pretty.
(d) They tease her and call her names.

2. Why is Gerda's family concerned about the occupation of their town?
(a) They think all of their money will be stolen.
(b) They do not have money to pay off their creditors.
(c) They fear the wrath of the Russians.
(d) They are concerned because they are of Jewish heritage.

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

4. What are Jews forced to give up after the invasion?
(a) all valuables including jewelry, cars and gold.
(b) their children.
(c) nothing.
(d) their pets.

5. Why do Gerda and her friend spend so much time in the town's graveyard?
(a) They know they will soon be dead.
(b) It is the only outside space not taken over by the Nazis.
(c) They visit the graves of their dead friends.
(d) They dance on the graves of Germans to defy the Nazis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What news crushes Gerda and her family's hopes and dreams?

3. What is Gerda particularly stunned about?

4. How does Gerda console herself?

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

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