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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) 1 year.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 13 years.
(d) 4 years.

2. 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.

3. What does the Czech man announce to all of the scared Jewish women?
(a) They should no longer be scared.
(b) They will have to go back to the camps.
(c) The Jews are now under the capture of the Russians.
(d) The war is finally over!

4. Why does Gerda agree to marry Abek if she does not love him?
(a) Gerda deeply loves Abek.
(b) She wants to make him feel better.
(c) She does not agree to marry Abek.
(d) She wants a future for herself.

5. Although Germany seems to be under siege, what do all the prisoners and SS guards continue to do?
(a) Kill girls.
(b) Running the concentration camp.
(c) Their cruelty towards women.
(d) March onward.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Gerda and Ilse travel to Marzdorf?

2. What are the girls greatly appreciative to see do not exist at the camp?

3. According to Meister Zimmer, what happens to prisoners who do not work well?

4. What lie does the Camp Director tell the girls to burst their hope?

5. In the first part of the chapter, Gerda is given a note. What does the note say?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How long is Gerda at the camp?

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

5. What does Gerda receive from Abek at Christmas?

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

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

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

9. How does Gerda say goodbye to Abek?

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

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