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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Gerda's brother and father hide in a closet?
(a) They don't hide.
(b) The whole family lives in the closet.
(c) There are rumors of Jewish men being kidnapped.
(d) They are cowards.

2. Which of the Jewish population is virtually gone?
(a) young women.
(b) girls.
(c) young men.
(d) boys.

3. What news crushes Gerda and her family's hopes and dreams?
(a) Arthur was injured in an attack.
(b) Julius has died.
(c) Paris has been invaded by the Nazis.
(d) The family dog has died.

4. 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.

5. 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) It is the only outside space not taken over by the Nazis.
(c) They know they will soon be dead.
(d) They visit the graves of their dead friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time period does the book take place?

2. What are the Polish people hopeful for?

3. What do Gerda and Helene do to make money?

4. What does Arthur send his parents that makes them happy?

5. What is Gerda sorry about missing?

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