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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the mother go there?
(a) She wants something for her pain.
(b) She wants the doctor to listen to her baby's heartbeat.
(c) She wants to request prayers.
(d) She intends to give birth there.

2. Where does the mother go after leaving the convent?
(a) She wanders the streets.
(b) Her parent's home.
(c) Her own home.
(d) The local midwife.

3. What happens when the mother goes into labor?
(a) She is relieved that the baby is alive.
(b) She panics and sends her husband for the midwife too soon.
(c) She is sad that her pregnancy is about to be over.
(d) She goes to the convent.

4. What does Trudi become?
(a) A party goer.
(b) A beloved teacher.
(c) An old maid and librarian.
(d) A bitter, abused wife.

5. What one opportunity is destroyed by Trudi's father?
(a) To go to boarding school.
(b) To become an actress.
(c) For love.
(d) To travel to Pais.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month of pregnancy is the narrator's mother entering?

2. Who had Klara and her mother befriended near the end of the war?

3. What is Trudi almost tempted to do at the river?

4. Who is Renate?

5. In what apartment does Klara live?

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