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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 Mrs. Mikelsky save Nadia from in Chapter 2?

2. Who interupts Paul and Caroline while they are getting intimate in Chapter 10?

3. What type of song does Herta play for Halina?

4. How does Herta justify liking Halina?

5. What does Paul do for mother's charity in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Caroline’s relationship like with Pia?

3. What is Caroline’s relationship like with Roger?

4. In Chapter 1, Caroline warns Paul not to get too political during his speech. Why is that?

5. Herta’s uncle Heinz is a disgusting man. What does Chapter 6 reveal to us about Herta?

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

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

8. Describe Caroline’s first impression of Paul.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many different languages spoken throughout the text. What does language symbolize in this novel? Discuss times that language played an important role in the text.

Essay Topic 2

Martha Kelly Hall uses first person point of view to write her novel. Is first person narration the best choice for this novel, or would another narration choice have been more effective? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Is Paul a moral man? Why or why not?

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