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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gerda console herself?
(a) She buys herself a treat.
(b) She cannot console herself at all.
(c) She thinks about the good times.
(d) She writes a poem.

2. How does Gerda's father try to help his children?
(a) He gives his children weapons to protect themselves.
(b) He figures out a way to secure his childrens passage to America.
(c) He asks his daughter and son to leave with family friends.
(d) He uses his high power job to get them tickets out of Germany.

3. What is Gerda's brother's name?
(a) Abram.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Alan.
(d) Andrew.

4. Why do Gerda's brother and father hide in a closet?
(a) They don't hide.
(b) The whole family lives in the closet.
(c) There are rumors of Jewish men being kidnapped.
(d) They are cowards.

5. Where will Jewish men have to go?
(a) They will have to stay home.
(b) An inner part of Poland.
(c) To America.
(d) They must travel to Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Weissmanns live in the Jewish Ghetto?

2. How many Jews are left in Gerda's village?

3. Does Gerda wish to work at a factory for the rest of her life?

4. Gerda longs for what season to come and make her feel better?

5. Why does Gerda think the Jewish people did not resist the Germans' takeover of their lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Julius make Gerda promise?

2. On April 19, 1941, the Jews were ordered to do what?

3. Gerda and other girls are sent to what camp?

4. What does the family receive from Arthur?

5. What type of job do the women perform?

6. What does Abek promise to bring Julius?

7. Why didn't Gerda's family escape sooner?

8. To what camp is Julius to be moved?

9. Who visits Gerda's father while he is sick?

10. What do the Weismanns sell to make ends meet?

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