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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gerda console herself?

2. What time period does the book take place?

3. Why does the winter seem to be so long?

4. Where must Jewish men register to work?

5. What does Julius make Gerda promise?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of job do the women perform?

2. Why does Arthur go to visit his girlfriend and what does he find?

3. What does Abek promise to bring Julius?

4. What does Helene tell Gerda as they are separated?

5. What is ALL BUT MY LIFE about?

6. Gerda and other girls are sent to what camp?

7. What does Gerda's family give her for her birthday?

8. Who does Gerda receive a letter from, and what is the letter about?

9. What must Jews wear sewn on their clothes?

10. Where does Gerda meet Abek?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Gerda and her friends are taken to Landeshut by Director Keller, she says tat she feels like she has come home.

a. Why was she overcome with joy?

b. Why do you think Director Keller sent them to Landeshut?

c. Why does Gerda pretend to care for Abek?

Essay Topic 2

At one poignant moment of the story, Gerda and her mother are separated.

a. Why did the German's separate the Jewish families?

b. Did this make Gerda stronger or weaker?

c. Do you think that being separated from her family helped her survive and why?

Essay Topic 3

There are several parts of the story where the girls are beaten for eating bread or simply forced to march for days at a time without food:

a. Why would the Germans want to keep them malnourished?

b. What affects does this have on some of the girls?

c. What do they eat instead of bread to help keep them alive?

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