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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happens to girls that lag behind?
(a) They are left for dead.
(b) The guards use cars to drag their dead bodies.
(c) They are beaten; if they don't move they are shot.
(d) The Germans leave them alone.

4. Why is Gerda in despair at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) She thinks Abek is dead.
(b) She has not heard from her mother.
(c) Her letter to her father in returned unopened.
(d) Ilse has died.

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

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

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

8. What do the girls overhear that makes them excited?
(a) Hitler has decided to release the Jews.
(b) The SS is being disbanded.
(c) Hitler is dead.
(d) Hitler committed suicide

9. 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 all soon be dead.
(b) The guards will slowly kill them all.
(c) There is no return to a normal life.
(d) They will soon be free.

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

11. What do some Jewish parents do to avoid Auschwitz?
(a) Shoot themselves in the head.
(b) Poison themselves and their families.
(c) Kill Nazis in protest.
(d) Go to Russia.

12. What happens to Gerda after Christmas?
(a) She gets a new job at the camp.
(b) She is able to see her mother again.
(c) She becomes very ill.
(d) She tries to escape.

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

14. What hard work group is Gerda assigned to at the new camp?
(a) Weaving classes.
(b) Construction duty.
(c) Sewing instruction.
(d) Flak detail.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Suze think she and Gerda will be at the new work camp?

2. To Gerda's surprise and joy, who is at the new camp?

3. Where is the new camp located?

4. What does the Czech man announce to all of the scared Jewish women?

5. What sacrifice does Gerda make to be with the sick Ilse?

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