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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 2, what does Joana want to find to treat blisters?

2. In Section 2, how long does Alfred say that the Gustloff is?

3. In Section 2, how old does Alfred say that the Gustloff is?

4. In Section 1, where does Joana remember working with a surgeon at a hospital?

5. In Section 2, what does the Shoe Poet use to help arthritis in his knee?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Section 1, why did Emilia think that Florian would want nothing to do with her after he killed the Russian?

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

5. In Section 2, what amenities does Alfred describe of the Gustloff?

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

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

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

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

10. In Section 1, how does Joana think she is like a blind girl?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sepetys uses foreshadowing throughout the novel. How does the author use foreshadowing to build suspense and tension in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Florian’s father told him that he was a traitor. Why did Florian’s father tell him that he was a traitor, and in what way was Florian a traitor?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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