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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 Holiday is Paul and Rena's baby names after?

2. Who is Marthe?

3. What does Herr Fenstermacher leave for Zuzanna?

4. How many times in Kasia operated on?

5. What did Rena die from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Kasia’s reaction to meeting Marthe?

3. What does Caroline’s interaction with Mms Bertillion reveal about Caroline’s personality?

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

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

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

7. How is Paul and Caroline’s relationship when she first gets to France?

8. What does Rena ask Caroline when she returns to France? What is Caroline’s reaction?

9. What does Felka symbolize in Chapter 32?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In this novel, Caroline can be seen as a naïve socialite or a hero. Based on evidence from the text develop a thesis that argues for one or the other.

Essay Topic 2

Is Paul a moral man? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

One cannot read this novel without thinking about the current political state in America. Compare the attitudes about immigration in the text to current attitude about immigration in America.

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