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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 are the doctors concerned they will have to do if Gerda does not get better?

2. How old does Gerda turn on May 8th?

3. How many stars of David do the girls have to wear on their bodies?

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

5. Who sets up a hospital for the girls to recover?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. On May 6, 1949, Frau Kugler announces that the girls will be moved where?

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

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

6. When and where are they girls forced to go after arriving at Marzdorf?

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

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

9. How does Gerda acquire poison?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Gerda's family (and others) puts up little or no resistance against the Germans when they were invaded. Why didn't more Jews resist? Do you think that resisting against German forces would have helped or made things worse? Why were Gerda's neighbors giving the Germans flowers and praise?

Essay Topic 3

In several parts of the story Gerda mentions the garden that once belonged to her family:

a. What was special about the garden in Gerda's mind?

b. How did the garden play a part in her father's recovery?

c. Why was Gerda forced to say goodbye to the garden she loved so much?

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