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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 Herta hide from Dr. Gebhardt in Chapter 17?

2. Why do Zuzanna and Kasia burn all evidence of their life in Ravensbruck?

3. Where do Zuzanna and Kasia recover in Chapter 28?

4. What is The Hay?

5. What color triangles do the Jules wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Felka symbolize in Chapter 32?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 39, Kasia lashes out at Caroline when she tells Zuzanna she cannot go to America. What are the different, complicated parts of Kasia's personality and experiences that cause this interaction?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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