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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Gerda's family receive in mid October?
(a) Their family has been killed.
(b) All men between fifteen and sixty must register.
(c) The Germans have been defeated.
(d) The allies do not wish to help them.

2. What is Gerda's brother's name?
(a) Alan.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Abram.
(d) Andrew.

3. Who does Gerda make sure to say goodbye to before she leaves.
(a) Nacy.
(b) Nan.
(c) Niania.
(d) Natalie.

4. What does the family learn about Arthur?
(a) All his friends have been killed.
(b) He is safe in Russia.
(c) He is being held in Poland.
(d) He is breaking up with his girlfriend.

5. What happens to many Jews after Christmas in Poland?
(a) The Germans leave.
(b) They are killed in the woods.
(c) The Nazi's steal their hair.
(d) The Jew's food rations are cut in half.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does a Nazi officer threaten Gerda in their home?

4. What is wrong with Helene?

5. How do the Weissmanns' non-Jewish neighbors react to the occupation?

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