4. What news does Gerda receive from her friend, Erika?
(a) She will graduate college soon.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is being sent to a work camp.
(d) Erika is to marry her love, Henrek.

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

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

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

8. What is special about the last letter they receive in the chapter?
(a) The letter came quickly.
(b) The letter is very long.
(c) The letter is in Arthur's handwriting.
(d) It is scented with Arthur's cologne.

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

10. What is Gerda particularly stunned about?
(a) The quickness of the invasion.
(b) That she feels happy the Nazis have come.
(c) The cowardice of the Polish people.
(d) She feels numb and is stunned at nothing.

11. What does Arthur say in his letter?
(a) He wants to marry his girlfriend.
(b) He will be promoted.
(c) The German treat him well.
(d) He wishes for Gerda to be strong.

12. Why didn't the Weissmanns get out of Poland sooner?
(a) Gerda's mother was pregnant and it would have been too hard on her.
(b) Gerda's mother was extremely sick.
(c) Gerda's father was recovering from a heart attack.
(d) Gerda refused to leave.

13. Where is Helene forced to go as the chapter ends?
(a) To march into the woods.
(b) Home to take care of her husband.
(c) To go to Russia.
(d) To a death camp.

14. Gerda longs for what season to come and make her feel better?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) WInter.

15. What does Arthur give to Gerda before he leaves?
(a) a necklace.
(b) his love.
(c) some money.
(d) a piece of glass.