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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 , who does Emilia like to pretend is the father of her baby?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Section 2, what is the Amber Room?

5. In Section 1, how many horses do Joana's group have and why?

6. In Section 2, what does the group find in the dining room of the manor house?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Many of the characters experience one or more disasters. How does disaster affect various characters, and how does disaster reveal character?

Essay Topic 3

The novel takes place in war-torn German/Prussia. How does the setting serve as a backdrop for the characters, evoke feelings, and set the tone in the book?

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