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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the new camp, what are the girls now forced to wear?
(a) Wet clothing, covered in vermin repellent.
(b) Sacks made out of rough material.
(c) Underwear.
(d) They are not allowed to wear clothes.

2. What sacrifice does Gerda make to be with the sick Ilse?
(a) Begs an SS guard for help getting Ilse to the sick car.
(b) She takes care of her friend.
(c) She cannot go with Ilse because she will be killed.
(d) She rides in the sick wagon.

3. At the end of Chapter 6, what is Gerda informed of?
(a) She will be leaving the camp.
(b) Ilse has died.
(c) The Nazis will allow a special marriage license between Gerda and Abek.
(d) Her mother has died.

4. How long has it been since Gerda was allowed to take a bath?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three years.
(c) Five days.
(d) Two years.

5. At this point, as they march through the snow, what is the collective thought among the girls as the days pass by?
(a) They will soon be free.
(b) The guards will slowly kill them all.
(c) There is no return to a normal life.
(d) They will all soon be dead.

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

7. What are the rumors surrounding the camp about Poland?
(a) America has been taken over by the Germans.
(b) The Nazis have won.
(c) The Russians have taken control of Poland.
(d) The war will soon be over.

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

9. To Gerda's surprise and joy, who is at the new camp?
(a) Her mother and father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her friend Erika.
(d) Frau Kugler, Mrs. Berger, Suse, and many of the other girls from Bolkenhain.

10. How old does Gerda turn on May 8th?
(a) 25.
(b) 23.
(c) 27.
(d) 21.

11. What does Frau Aufsicht make several girls do for her entertainment?
(a) Makes them stand outside naked for hours.
(b) Pull her around in a child's wagon while cracking her whip on their backs.
(c) Tortures them.
(d) Makes the girls wait on her.

12. What kind act do the doctors of the hospital do for Gerda?
(a) The doctors give Gerda extra money for working for them.
(b) Pay for her train ticket to Munich.
(c) Treat her for no money.
(d) Perform her wedding ceremony to Kurt.

13. In the first part of the chapter, Gerda is given a note. What does the note say?
(a) Abek wishes to marry her.
(b) That her parents are alive.
(c) That Gerda has been given permission to stay in Sosnowitz.
(d) That she will be transferred to a different camp.

14. Why is Abek hurt by Gerda's hug?
(a) She kisses him instead.
(b) It lacks passion and love.
(c) Gerda does not look at Abek as she hugs him.
(d) She refuses to hug him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gerda now resigned to?

2. What does Gerda have to completely relearn?

3. 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?

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

5. Why does Mrs Berger slap one of the girls?

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