Salt to the Sea Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Salt to the Sea Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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 large does Joana remember the shrapnel being that she removed from Florian?

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

3. In Section 2, how many escape routes does Joana tell Florian that there are to flee from the Russians?

4. In Section 1, where is Emilia hiding?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Section 1, what does Emilia remember doing with her mother?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The sea claims many lives when the ship is torpedoed. How does the sea represent the battle between humans and the elements and the struggle to survive?

Essay Topic 2

At the beginning of the novel; Joana, Florian, Emilia, and Alfred all name something that is a hunter. What does each character say is a hunter and how are guilt, fate, shame, and fear hunters?

Essay Topic 3

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

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