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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 year is Halina (not Kasia's mother) born?

2. What does Kasia want to name her baby?

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

4. What does Kasia say to Zuzanna when she learns their mother is gone in Chapter 19?

5. The is the wedding ritual of Oczepiny?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Felka symbolize in Chapter 32?

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

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

9. How do Zuzanna and Kasia escape from Ravensbruck?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It could be argued that one of the main reasons why Halina is removed from the Revier and killed is because there were concerns that Herta was a lesbian. Find evidence of this argument in the text and discuss whether you agree or disagree with these allegations.

Essay Topic 2

Which is the strongest theme in the text: love or loss? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 14, Herta discusses how she cuts herself to relieve stress. What is this self-mutilation a symptom of for Herta? What does it reveal about her personality? What could it symbolize?

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