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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. By 1943, how long has it been since the Germans invaded Poland?
(a) 13 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 10 years.

2. How are the girls forced to travel to the next camp?
(a) By crowded trucks.
(b) By walking in the snow.
(c) Carrying all their belongings and running.
(d) Running along side a car.

3. What does Frau Aufsicht make several girls do for her entertainment?
(a) Pull her around in a child's wagon while cracking her whip on their backs.
(b) Tortures them.
(c) Makes them stand outside naked for hours.
(d) Makes the girls wait on her.

4. Who sets up a hospital for the girls to recover?
(a) The American Blue Cross.
(b) The Czech Republic hospitals.
(c) English Soliders Hospital.
(d) The Red Cross.

5. What awful rumors are being spread around the camp?
(a) Girls are being forced to sleep with guards.
(b) Jewish girls are raped every day.
(c) Jewish girls are being sterilized.
(d) Jewish men are being castrated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Two weeks following the arrival of the male soldiers, what is happening around the camp?

2. While the Germans lose ground on the Eastern Front, what privileges do the women lose?

3. What happens to girls that lag behind?

4. What does the Czech man announce to all of the scared Jewish women?

5. The women pass many German cities and finally arrive at _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gerda say goodbye to Abek?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How is Abek able to eventually see Gerda?

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

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

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

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