View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What opportunities do Abek's sisters offer Gerda?
(a) An opportunity to go to Russia.
(b) The chance to flee to America.
(c) A post as a teacher.
(d) A chance to work in the local sewing workhouse.

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

3. What empowers Gerda now that her parents are gone?
(a) Her grief overcomes her and she cannot do anything.
(b) She is not empowered, only frightened.
(c) She can take risks, because she doesn't have to worry about her parents.
(d) She can explore her freedom.

4. Where does Gerda lose Arthur's present?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Ukraine.
(c) Czechoslovakia.
(d) Sweden.

5. Why is she angry with this person?
(a) They tease her and call her names.
(b) He insults her by making an advance.
(c) He tells her Arthur will never come back.
(d) She tells her she is not pretty.

6. Does it seem likely the Weissmanns will be shipped out of Poland?
(a) Yes. It is fast apporaching.
(b) Yes. Only because they are escaping.
(c) No, the Germans want to keep the Weissmanns in Poland.
(d) No, they are all hiding.

7. What do non-Jewish Polish neighbors shout as the Germans enter the city?
(a) "Go away."
(b) "Thank you for saving us."
(c) "Heil Hitler."
(d) "We Welcome You."

8. What are the rumors surrounding the men that leave?
(a) Thay are given paid government jobs.
(b) They are taken to concentration camps.
(c) They are forced to create new families somewhere else.
(d) They are slaughtered in the woods.

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

10. Where do the occupants of the Ghetto fear they will be sent?
(a) To be homeless.
(b) To central Germany.
(c) Auschwitz or other labor camps.
(d) To Russia.

11. Where must Jewish women register to work?
(a) Sonowitz.
(b) Wadowitz.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Weigmanitz.

12. What young man does Gerda meet in this chapter and why does he visit her every day?
(a) John Johnson; He needs helps with homework.
(b) Abek Feigenblatt; He is courting Gerda.
(c) Arthur Jacobson; He is courting Gerda.
(d) Matthew Jacobson; He likes Gerda.

13. Where will Jewish men have to go?
(a) They must travel to Germany.
(b) To America.
(c) An inner part of Poland.
(d) They will have to stay home.

14. What are the Polish people hopeful for?
(a) Their lives will be spared if they barter with the Nazis.
(b) That they will be rescued by the Allies.
(c) The Germans will leave soon.
(d) They will be able to get themselves out of the country.

15. How does Gerda console herself?
(a) She thinks about the good times.
(b) She cannot console herself at all.
(c) She writes a poem.
(d) She buys herself a treat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gerda spend most of her time before she is sent away?

2. What does Arthur give to Gerda before he leaves?

3. What is Gerda's mother's name?

4. In the Spring of 1941, where are all Jews in Gerda's town forced to go?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 554 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample