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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 say goodbye to Abek?
(a) She never gets to say goodbye to him.
(b) Over the phone.
(c) Through a note.
(d) She goes to see him.

2. How many stars of David do the girls have to wear on their bodies?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

3. The women pass many German cities and finally arrive at _________.
(a) Sachsenhausen.
(b) Dachau.
(c) Camp Helmbrechts.
(d) Flossenbürg.

4. What are the doctors concerned they will have to do if Gerda does not get better?
(a) Inability to have children.
(b) Amputate her feet.
(c) Amputate her arms.
(d) Damaged lungs.

5. Where is Kurt stationed so he can be closer to Gerda?
(a) Munich.
(b) London.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Amursk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the war, what does Gerda do with her life?

3. What can Gerda not bear to do?

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

5. At the beginning of the section, how far have they marched?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Newly arriving girls tell Gerda what hopeful news?

4. How does Gerda honor the memories of those that did not make it out of the Holocaust?

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

6. Gerda and her friend's lack of nutrition causes what to happen to many of the girls?

7. In order to crush the girls' spirits what does the new camp director tell them?

8. What is the name of the kind US soldier that helps to liberate Gerda?

9. What does Gerda learn to guard as time goes on?

10. What part of Gerda's body has been the most affected by frostbite?

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