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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Pages 350-378.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Section 1, how many Poles does Florian remember his father saying were killed by the Nazis?
(a) Half a million.
(b) Hundreds of thousands.
(c) Millions.
(d) Tens of thousands.

2. In Section 4, when does Joana tell Florian that her uncle and his family were sent to a gulag in Siberia?
(a) July 1941.
(b) April 1941.
(c) May 1941.
(d) June 1941.

3. In Section 4, what music does Emilia hear on the ship's speakers?
(a) Folk songs.
(b) Military tunes.
(c) Cheerful music.
(d) Classical music.

4. Toward the end of Section 5 before Florian's letter, how long has it been since the ship wreck?
(a) About 15 years.
(b) More than 20 years.
(c) 28 years.
(d) 22 years.

5. How is Florian injured when he falls while trying to climb into the rescue ship in Section 5?
(a) Scrapes his back.
(b) Shoulder separates.
(c) Ankles breaks.
(d) Hits his head.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 3, who does Florian say that he is named after?

2. In Section 2, what does Florian do with the dead German's body that Emilia shot?

3. In Section 5, how many in Joana's lifeboat are dead of hypothermia when a boat rescues them?

4. In Section 2, what nationality is the singer who is singing on a record the group plays on a gramophone at the manor house?

5. In Section 3, how does Emilia say that Wilhelm Gustloff, the man the ship is named for, died?

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