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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 committed suicide
(d) Hitler is dead.

2. What does Gerda do to maintain her sanity?
(a) Creates characters and plays in her head.
(b) Thinks of her family and future.
(c) Talks to other girls in the camp.
(d) Thinks of distant lands and places.

3. Where do the girls that are still alive end their journey?
(a) Russia.
(b) Volary, Czechoslovakia.
(c) Gerlin, Germany.
(d) Prague, Czechoslovakia

4. What does Kurt wish for Gerda's future?
(a) She move back home and start over.
(b) For her to live a happy and healthy life.
(c) He wants to marry her and live in America.
(d) She find her family and reunite with them.

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

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

7. What words describe Frau Kugler?
(a) Stupid and inept.
(b) Strange.
(c) Grim and militaristic.
(d) Secretly kind.

8. At the beginning of the section, how far have they marched?
(a) 500 kilometers.
(b) 50 kilometers.
(c) 555 kilometers.
(d) 55 kilometers.

9. What does Gerda have to completely relearn?
(a) How to breathe.
(b) How to walk.
(c) Moving her arms.
(d) Moving her feet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While the Germans lose ground on the Eastern Front, what halts at the camp?

2. What number is Gerda given by the male SS guards?

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

4. How is Abek allowed to see Gerda?

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

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