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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. 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 stands up for the girl.
(c) Gerda kicks the guard for threatening the girl.
(d) Because Gerda does not know who threw the bread.

2. Where is the new camp located?
(a) Marine Park.
(b) Budacrest.
(c) Bolkenhain.
(d) Czech Republic.

3. Why does Frau Kugler make a very sick Gerda go to work one day?
(a) To prove she is well. Sick prisoners would go to Auschwitz.
(b) Frau Kugler wants to prove that she is strong and mean.
(c) She is cruel.
(d) She wants Gerda to suffer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kurt send to Gerda while she is in the hospital?

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

3. Why is Gerda in despair at the end of Chapter 4?

4. What do the girls overhear that makes them excited?

5. At the new camp, what are the girls now forced to wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and where are they girls forced to go after arriving at Marzdorf?

2. Finally, after marching, where do the girls arrive?

3. What good news does the American guard give the girls after their marching is complete?

4. After Ilse's death, what is the next town the girls stop in?

5. Why is Gerda sad as the girls march away from Helmbrecht?

6. Why does Gerda begin to convulse after arriving at the Red Cross hospital?

7. When is Gerda given an identifying number?

8. Newly arriving girls tell Gerda what hopeful news?

9. What does Gerda learn about Abek's family in Sosnowitz?

10. Who is the senior Jewess of Gerda's camp area?

(see the answer keys)

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