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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. To Gerda's surprise and joy, who is at the new camp?
(a) Frau Kugler, Mrs. Berger, Suse, and many of the other girls from Bolkenhain.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her friend Erika.
(d) Her mother and father.

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

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

4. What happens to Gerda after Christmas?
(a) She tries to escape.
(b) She gets a new job at the camp.
(c) She becomes very ill.
(d) She is able to see her mother again.

5. What are the rumors surrounding the male SS guards?
(a) The prisoners will be used to sexually satisfy the men.
(b) The men wish to beat the female prisoners.
(c) They have come to take over the camp.
(d) They are here to execute the girls.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At this point, as they march through the snow, what is the collective thought among the girls as the days pass by?

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

4. What is different about the new camp?

5. By 1943, how long has it been since the Germans invaded Poland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Abek given up to be with Gerda?

2. How is Abek able to eventually see Gerda?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Gerda say goodbye to Abek?

8. How does Gerda acquire poison?

9. When does Gerda meet Frau Kugler?

10. When they are forced to move, where must the girls go and must they travel there?

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