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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. How does Gerda's father try to help his children?
(a) He gives his children weapons to protect themselves.
(b) He uses his high power job to get them tickets out of Germany.
(c) He figures out a way to secure his childrens passage to America.
(d) He asks his daughter and son to leave with family friends.

2. What do Gerda and Helene conceal from Julius?
(a) That war will be soon.
(b) Arthur's fighting.
(c) Gerda's pregnancy.
(d) Helene's infidelity.

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

4. Why does Gerda's mother keep the note that warns the family of Poland's impending doom?
(a) She does not want to leave her home.
(b) She thinks Gerda's uncle is a liar.
(c) She does not wish to upset her recovering husband.
(d) She does not take the threat seriously.

5. Does Gerda think of the present situation she lives in?
(a) No, her thoughts are devoid of the present.
(b) Yes. She thinks of ways to escape.
(c) No, because she is not very bright.
(d) Yes she contemplates ways to kill soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gerda console herself?

2. What must Jews now wear?

3. Where did Gerda and Helene vacation the previous summer before the invasion?

4. What has recently been built just outside of Gerda's hometown?

5. How does the family get food?

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