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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 does the family learn about Arthur?

2. What happens on the trip?

3. Where does Gerda lose Arthur's present?

4. What time period does the book take place?

5. What is Gerda's new destiny?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gerda decide to visit Sonowtiz?

2. Where do Gerda and her family live in the Ghetto?

3. What does Abek promise to bring Julius?

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

5. What is ALL BUT MY LIFE about?

6. What is taken from Gerda?

7. Does Gerda take the opportunity to work with Abek's sisters?

8. What does Julius make Gerda promise?

9. What does Arthur give Gerda?

10. How is Mr. Pipersberg treated when he goes to check on the fur factory?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Gerda is 15-years-old when the Nazis are invading her small town of Belitz, Poland. She is 21 when the war comes to an end. Compare and contrast the life of a typical girl who is 15-21 years old to the life that Gerda is forced to live.

a. What experiences would a 15-21 year old girl have (specifically)?

b. How does being in a concentration camp affect her physically and emotionally?

c. How does being separated from her family change the way she develops?

Essay Topic 3

Gerda had received many letters from Abe throughout the story, one of which was a hand written letter from her father.

a. Why did Abek not want to send Gerda the letter from her father?

b. Did the letters from Abek make Gerda happy? Why or Why not?

c. Why does Gerda send Abek a letter agreeing to marry him if she had no intentions of doing so?

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