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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although Germany seems to be under siege, what do all the prisoners and SS guards continue to do?
(a) Their cruelty towards women.
(b) Running the concentration camp.
(c) March onward.
(d) Kill girls.

2. How many stars of David do the girls have to wear on their bodies?
(a) Ten.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

3. While the Germans lose ground on the Eastern Front, what privileges do the women lose?
(a) Food ration privledges.
(b) The ability to receive mail.
(c) The right to showers.
(d) The ability to wear clothes.

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

5. How is Abek allowed to see Gerda?
(a) He gets a new work assignment.
(b) He escapes to visit her.
(c) He never sees her again.
(d) He cuts himself and is able to see a nurse.

6. Who sets up a hospital for the girls to recover?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) The American Blue Cross.
(c) English Soliders Hospital.
(d) The Czech Republic hospitals.

7. What does Gerda do with the note?
(a) Frames the note.
(b) She tears it up before she reads it.
(c) Keeps it as evidence.
(d) Gives it to Ilse.

8. Why does Gerda begin to convulse in the hospital?
(a) She is finally able to vent emotions that have been pent up.
(b) She is very sick.
(c) After her experience, the doctors make her nervous.
(d) She is very cold and cannot control her body.

9. What kind of hope does Frau Kugler give Gerda?
(a) That the war will end soon.
(b) The hope that not all Germans are cruel.
(c) That other Germans will be kind to her.
(d) That she will see Gerda again.

10. What number is Gerda given by the male SS guards?
(a) 895A.
(b) 885A
(c) 879A
(d) 855A

11. What awful rumors are being spread around the camp?
(a) Jewish girls are being sterilized.
(b) Jewish men are being castrated.
(c) Jewish girls are raped every day.
(d) Girls are being forced to sleep with guards.

12. What lie does the Camp Director tell the girls to burst their hope?
(a) The Nazis and Italians have joined forces.
(b) Hilter is appearing on television.
(c) The Americans have been conquered.
(d) Franklin Delano Roosevelt has died.

13. What are the rumors surrounding the male SS guards?
(a) They are here to execute the girls.
(b) The prisoners will be used to sexually satisfy the men.
(c) They have come to take over the camp.
(d) The men wish to beat the female prisoners.

14. How does Abek look when Gerda is finally allowed to see him?
(a) Very happy because he is near her.
(b) Strong.
(c) Depressed and sad.
(d) Pale and weak.

15. How does Gerda spend her "free time" at the new camp?
(a) Thinking about her family.
(b) Wiriting letters to Abek.
(c) Meeting new girls at the camp.
(d) Creating plays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to girls that lag behind?

2. What does Kurt send to Gerda while she is in the hospital?

3. What are the girls greatly appreciative to see do not exist at the camp?

4. What do some Jewish parents do to avoid Auschwitz?

5. Why is Abek hurt by Gerda's hug?

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