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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Herta stay at Ravensbruck?
(a) She enjoys the work.
(b) She wants to save the prisoners.
(c) She cannot afford a train ticket home.
(d) Her father dies and her mother cannot work because she has back problems.

2. What announcement does M. Bernard make while Caroline and Paul are at dinner in Chapter 1?
(a) He announces that Pearl Harbor has just been bombed by the Japaneses
(b) He announces that all drinks are on the house.
(c) He announces that the restaurant is closing
(d) He announces that Hitler as invaded Poland.

3. What medical job does Herta have before going to Ravensbruck?
(a) She is a surgeon.
(b) She works at a skin clinic.
(c) She is a nurse at a local clinic.
(d) She is a dentist.

4. Marka agrees to bury all their important items except for what?
(a) Kasia’s favorite doll.
(b) Her ring.
(c) Her wedding veil.
(d) Her mother’s tea pot.

5. How old was Caroline when her father died?
(a) She was just an infant.
(b) 18.
(c) 35.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does the book begin?

2. What type of business does Rena own?

3. What is Caroline's heritage?

4. What punishment does Kasia get for making fun of Binz?

5. Where does Kasia’s father work?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kasia help the Jewish girl she meets in Mr. Z’s basement?

2. What do Betty and Caroline fight about in Chapter 15?

3. Why does Caroline hesitate to have dinner with Paul after the charity event?

4. What are the surgeries that the doctors are performing on the Kasia, Zuzanna, and the other girls?

5. Martha Hall Kelly writes the character of Herta’s father as a Jewish sympathizer. Why do you think she made that choice?

6. What are some of the perks Halina receives for working in the Revier?

7. Does Caroline seem to be completely over her ex-boyfriend David?

8. Does Herta have a lot of female friends before her life at Ravensbruck? What does this tell us about her?

9. In Chapter 14 we meet Binz. What type of person is Binz?

10. What is the game the girls play about Beauty Road?

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