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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Section 1, what do panicked villages tell stories of Russian solders wearing according to Alfred?
(a) Necklaces made from the teeth of children.
(b) Necklaces made from toes of the dead.
(c) Necklaces made from fingers of the dead.
(d) Scalps.

2. In Section 1, where does Alfred say that home is?
(a) Weinheim.
(b) Heidelberg.
(c) Worms.
(d) Neustadt.

3. In Section 2, how old does Alfred say that the Gustloff is?
(a) 21.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 11.

4. In Section 2, what is the house made of that the group finds?
(a) Beige sandstone.
(b) Gray brick.
(c) Red sandstone.
(d) Stone construction.

5. In Section 1, where does Joana remember working with a surgeon at a hospital?
(a) Insterburg.
(b) Poznan.
(c) Gdansk.
(d) Lublin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 1, how old was the woman Joana found dead in the snow?

2. In Section 1, after rescuing Emilia, how many more kilometers does Florian need to walk before stopping for the night?

3. In Section 2, how many babies does Alfred say were born in Stolp after the Russians invaded?

4. In Section 2, what food is left from dinner in the manor house that the group finds?

5. In Section 1, when does Joana remember Germany invading Russia?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Section 1, what does Joana tell about her story as she removes the shrapnel from Florian?

2. In Section 1, what does Eva learn about Emilia by talking with her?

3. In Section 2, how does Joana plan to get Emilia across the ice and past the soldiers and checkpoints?

4. In Section 1, how does the shoe poet say that a frozen woman that Joana's group passes died?

5. How did a six-year-old boy come to travel with Joana and her group in Section 1?

6. In Section 2, what does Joana see as they approach the manor house?

7. In Section 2, why does Joana say that Florian and Emilia should travel with the group?

8. In Section 1, what does Emilia see after the Russian soldier accosts her?

9. In Section 2, how does Florian think that the family of the manor house died?

10. In Section 2, what is the story of the song "Lili Marleen"?

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