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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While the Germans lose ground on the Eastern Front, what halts at the camp?
(a) Construction.
(b) Stamp production.
(c) Clothing production.
(d) The gas chambers are turned off.

2. Luckily for Gerda and Ilse, they are selected to go to what new camp?
(a) Lublin.
(b) Sonsowitz.
(c) Landeshut.
(d) Belzec.

3. What kinds of letters does Gerda get from Abek?
(a) Romantic feelings.
(b) Letter of remorse for his family.
(c) Letters expressing anger.
(d) Sad, depressing letters.

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

5. What is Gerda now resigned to?
(a) Never having children.
(b) Dying in the camp.
(c) Spending time with Abek.
(d) Marrying Abek even though she does not love him.

6. What does the Czech man announce to all of the scared Jewish women?
(a) They should no longer be scared.
(b) The Jews are now under the capture of the Russians.
(c) The war is finally over!
(d) They will have to go back to the camps.

7. Once girls begin losing their monthly periods, what does Gerda long for?
(a) To see her family.
(b) A claim to her womanhood and femininity.
(c) The ability to have a baby.
(d) To date a boy.

8. What saves Gerda at Grunberg?
(a) She is able to sew and not do hard labor.
(b) Ilse helps her stay sane.
(c) She gets to log inventory, which is not a hard labor job.
(d) She makes plays to keep herself sane.

9. How long does Suze think she and Gerda will be at the new work camp?
(a) Three months.
(b) A year.
(c) Five years.
(d) Indevinately.

10. What do a frightened Gerda and Ilse pass on their medical exams?
(a) Bedbug, and other pest tests.
(b) Physical test.
(c) Their x-ray tests.
(d) Pneumonia and TB.

11. As the girls approach ________, bombs are falling on the city.
(a) Dresden.
(b) Henzert.
(c) Grini.
(d) Klooga.

12. What does the Director of the camp use his ring for?
(a) Poking people's eyes out.
(b) To make beatings worse for the girls.
(c) Bribe girls into sleeping with him.
(d) Admire it.

13. What do the girls eat to stay alive as they sleep outside of the church?
(a) Other dead bodies.
(b) Water.
(c) Nothing. They starve.
(d) Snow.

14. By 1943, how long has it been since the Germans invaded Poland?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 13 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the rumors surrounding the camp about Poland?

2. How many stars of David do the girls have to wear on their bodies?

3. What awful rumors are being spread around the camp?

4. One day someone throws the girl in front of Gerda a piece of bread. A guard sees the girl pick up the bread and starts interrogating everyone around her. Why is Gerda beaten by the guard?

5. Where do the girls that are still alive end their journey?

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