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

2. How does Abek look when Gerda is finally allowed to see him?
(a) Pale and weak.
(b) Depressed and sad.
(c) Strong.
(d) Very happy because he is near her.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gerda agree to marry Abek if she does not love him?

2. What did Abek give up to be closer to Gerda?

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

4. On the walk, Gerda is called out by a guard. Gerda thinks she will be shot, but what must she really do?

5. What happens to girls that lag behind?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long is Gerda at the camp?

2. What must the girls wear once they have been registered at the camp?

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

4. How old is Gerda when she goes to see Burnberg for the first time?

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

8. On May 6, 1949, Frau Kugler announces that the girls will be moved where?

9. When does Gerda meet Frau Kugler?

10. Newly arriving girls tell Gerda what hopeful news?

(see the answer keys)

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