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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 do the other girls do for Regina before she walks down Beauty Road?

2. What happens during Appells that allows Kasia and Zuzanna to escape in Chapter 25?

3. What is Herta dressed as at the Christmas party?

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

5. What does Regina do before she is walked down Beauty Road?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the camp’s reaction to the rabbits?

2. What happens to Fritz in Chapter 17?

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

4. What does Herr Fenstermacher do for Zuzanna on Christmas? What does this do for her?

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

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

7. How dose Kasia leave the recovery ward of the Revier?

8. What does Herta warn Commandant Suhren about in Chapter 20?

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

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

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

During the novel, Matka’s ring is mentioned many times. What does this ring symbolize to Kasia?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 29, Caroline learns that Rena is still alive. Analyze her reaction. Is her reaction justified? Why or why not?

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