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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. What language is Gerda learning?

2. Does Gerda think of the present situation she lives in?

3. What do Gerda and Helene do to make money?

4. Where does Gerda lose Arthur's present?

5. Why does a Nazi officer threaten Gerda in their home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Julius make Gerda promise?

2. How many Jews are left in the city of Bielitz?

3. What is ALL BUT MY LIFE about?

4. What changes take place once the Nazis take over?

5. What does Gerda attempt to console herself with as things change?

6. What does Abek promise to bring Julius?

7. Who visits Gerda's father while he is sick?

8. To what camp is Julius to be moved?

9. What does Arthur give Gerda?

10. How long does it take the Germans to conquer Poland?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Gerda creates her own propaganda to keep up the girls' spirits. Does this help them carry on? Do you think it was the right thing to do? What other ways could Gerda help the girls to keep them optimistic?

Essay Topic 3

During the story, some of the characters acquire poison for themselves of for their children. Why do some of the families force their children to take the poison?

a. Do you feel that this is necessary?

b. Does Gerda ever use the poison that she traded her pendant for?

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