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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. What do Gerda and Helene do to make money?
(a) Knit apparel.
(b) Create paintings.
(c) Make buttons.
(d) Make hats.

2. 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.

3. Where does Gerda spend most of her time before she is sent away?
(a) Her family's old home.
(b) With Erika at her house.
(c) Her family's garden.
(d) With her father in his study.

4. What must Jews now wear?
(a) Specific shoes.
(b) A Star of David necklace.
(c) Blue colored attire.
(d) The star of David and the word "Jew" on their clothes.

5. Why are Erika's mother and little brothers treated in this way by the soldiers?
(a) In an attempt to dehumanize the Jews and their deaths.
(b) They escape before having to confront the Nazis.
(c) Because Erika's mother is a single woman who cannot defend herself.
(d) They were treated very kindly by the Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Gerda and Helene conceal from Julius?

2. What is wrong with Helene?

3. What language is Gerda learning?

4. Who does Gerda make sure to say goodbye to before she leaves.

5. How does Gerda feel about living in the Jewish Ghetto?

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