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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Malvine Berger's role in the camp?
(a) She comforts all the girls.
(b) She is the senior Jewess at the camp.
(c) She is a cruel work mistress.
(d) She is a prisoner like the other women.

3. 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 kisses him instead.
(d) She refuses to hug him.

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

5. What does Gerda fall ill with while in the hospital?
(a) typhus and pneumonia.
(b) malaria.
(c) disentary.
(d) tuberculosis.

6. Two weeks following the arrival of the male soldiers, what is happening around the camp?
(a) Air-raid alarms are increasing.
(b) Bombs are being dropped over the camp more and more.
(c) Girls are disappearing.
(d) Guards are disappearing

7. Why does Mrs Berger slap one of the girls?
(a) To establish her authority among the lower ranked Jewish women.
(b) She never slaps anyone.
(c) To prove herself to the Germans.
(d) To enjoy violence.

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

9. What can Gerda not bear to do?
(a) She can't bear to bury Ilse.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Continue to walk.
(d) Think positive thoughts.

10. 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?
(a) She is not beaten.
(b) Gerda kicks the guard for threatening the girl.
(c) Because Gerda does not know who threw the bread.
(d) Gerda stands up for the girl.

11. As they arrive at the new camp, an intimidating woman named Frau Aufsicht, holds a frightening __________.
(a) 2x4 peice of wood.
(b) Black whip.
(c) Paddle.
(d) Gun.

12. What are the girls greatly appreciative to see do not exist at the camp?
(a) Labor fields.
(b) More male guards.
(c) Furnaces.
(d) Sewing rooms.

13. What do the girls pray for every night?
(a) More food and water.
(b) That the English will bomb the Germans.
(c) Their lives to return back to normal.
(d) Survival.

14. After the war, what does Gerda do with her life?
(a) She becomes a lecturer and an author.
(b) She becomes an author.
(c) She becomes a housewife and a mother.
(d) She becomes a teacher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gerda spend her "free time" at the new camp?

2. What kinds of letters does Gerda get from Abek?

3. What does Gerda do to maintain her sanity?

4. What does Gerda have to completely relearn?

5. What does Gerda create to keep all of the girls' spirits up?

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