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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. In Section 1, how long ago did Joana become a deserter?

2. In Section 2, how old does Eva think that Florian is?

3. In Section 1, where does Alfred say that home is?

4. In Section 1, how old is Eva?

5. In Section 1, how old is Alfred?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Section 1, what does Joana notice when Florian and Emilia come into the barn where Joana's group is staying?

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

4. In Section 2, how does Emilia describe the crossing of the ice?

5. In Section 2, why might it be a problem for Ingrid to cross the ice?

6. In Section 2, what happens as Ingrid crosses the ice?

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

8. In Section 1, what does Alfred say about Operation Hannibal as he imagines writing a letter to Hannelore?

9. In Section 2, how does Florian describe Dr. Lange's daughter?

10. In Section 1, what does Joana say about the war and what has been happening for the last four years?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On the journey and on the ship, there are crowds of people everywhere. How do these crowds symbolize what is at stake because of the war?

Essay Topic 2

Emilia comes to see her child as a symbol of hope and a future. How does Halinka represent hope and a future?

Essay Topic 3

Art symbolizes creativity and value in the novel. How does art symbolize creativity and value in the novel, and how does the author show that symbolism by the endurance of art?

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