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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is given to Gerda so that she can get out of the country?
(a) A car.
(b) Special identification.
(c) A different outfit.
(d) She is unable to get out of the country.

2. What happens to Abek's family?
(a) They make it out of the war.
(b) They flee to Russia.
(c) They flee to America.
(d) They are all shipped off to Auschwitz.

3. Where did Gerda and Helene vacation the previous summer before the invasion?
(a) Paris.
(b) Cannes.
(c) Bahamas.
(d) Krynica.

4. What happens to Erika's mother and little brother?
(a) They are taken to the middle of town square and killed.
(b) They are resuced by Allied forces.
(c) They flee to America.
(d) They are sent hastily to a work camp.

5. What is Gerda's new destiny?
(a) She will soon be transported to another camp.
(b) She will reunite with her family.
(c) She will marry Abek.
(d) The war is over and she will be free.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Helene wish for Gerda to be throughout the rest of this horrible experience?

3. While the Germans lose ground on the Eastern Front, what privileges do the women lose?

4. How does Gerda's father try to help his children?

5. What makes Gerda rethink rejecting the offer?

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