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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 Gerda fall ill with while in the hospital?
2. What is Gerda's new work assignment?
3. Who sets up a hospital for the girls to recover?
4. What is different about the new camp?
5. What is the most dangerous part of the new camp, Grunberg?
Short Essay Questions
1. When and where are they girls forced to go after arriving at Marzdorf?
2. Why is Gerda sad as the girls march away from Helmbrecht?
3. What part of Gerda's body has been the most affected by frostbite?
4. What is the name of the kind US soldier that helps to liberate Gerda?
5. How old is Gerda when she goes to see Burnberg for the first time?
6. What has Abek given up to be with Gerda?
7. How does Gerda honor the memories of those that did not make it out of the Holocaust?
8. When they are forced to move, where must the girls go and must they travel there?
9. What does Gerda receive from Abek at Christmas?
10. Newly arriving girls tell Gerda what hopeful news?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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
At one point we are introduced to Mr Pipersberg who is Gerda's father's business partner. What is the significance of this character? What is the common interest that Mr. Pipersberg and Julius share? What happens when Mr. Pipersberg tries to enter the fur factory?
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