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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. What is the charity event Caroline creates while in Paris in Chapter 36?
(a) A bake sale to provide people with extra food.
(b) A coat drive.
(c) A bridge tournament to raise money.
(d) A movie showing to raise money for orphans.

2. How is Kasia released from the Revier?
(a) She is removed while she is sedated and taken to the Bunker.
(b) She is released after she swears at the nursing staff.
(c) She is thrown out by Herta for complaining.
(d) She is moved to another unit of the hostipal.

3. How many times in Kasia operated on?
(a) Too many times to count.
(b) Four times.
(c) Once.
(d) Seven times.

4. Why do Zuzanna and Kasia burn all evidence of their life in Ravensbruck?
(a) The girls need to burn the items to move on with their lives.
(b) Firewood is very scarce and they need to burn everything they can to stay warm.
(c) The items from the camp still contain lice and mites and they need to destroy them.
(d) Papa tells the girls that the NKVD think anyone returning from the camp cannot be trusted.

5. What does Herta do to relieve stress?
(a) Cuts herself.
(b) Runs miles around the camp.
(c) Screams into her pillows at night.
(d) Beats the prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kasia get a secret message to her father?

2. What is the name of Caroline's new elevator operator?

3. Who is the psychologist that comes to the camp in Chapter 23?

4. What game is everyone playing at the Vanderbilt party in Chapter 18?

5. What nationatlity does Kasia have to pretend to be to get her and Zuzanna on the bus to Sweden?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Herta’s interaction with Vilmer Hartman reveal about her character development?

2. Is Kasia and Pietrik’s wedding day a happy one?

3. What does Caroline learn about Paul and Rena in Chapter 18?

4. What is the state of France when Caroline gets there after the war?

5. What does Herta’s escape from Ravensbruck in Chapter 26 reveal about her character?

6. What does Felka symbolize in Chapter 32?

7. How does Caroline treat Paul once she has found his child in Chapter 36? Do you think this is right?

8. What are the results of the Nuremburg trials for the guards and doctors of Ravensbruck?

9. What is Kasia’s reaction when she learns that Matka is gone?

10. Why does Kasia not want to name the baby Halina?

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