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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 3, what does Florian say that his mother died from?

2. In Section 3, how does Joana describe Emilia's eyes?

3. In Section 4, where does Florian remember being sent to live with his sister?

4. In Section 4 after the torpedo hit, how was a little girl with a stuffed bear killed?

5. When Florian's lifeboat pulls away in Section 4, who has his pack?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Section 3 when Joana meets the poet and the little boy under the clock, what does the shoe poet say about getting passes to board the ship?

2. In Section 4, how does Alfred describe the ship's departure?

3. In Section 3, what does Joana see when she looks in a mirror after Dr. Richter suggests that she clean up?

4. In Section 3, how does Emilia remember becoming pregnant?

5. In Section 3, why does Eva not register with the rest of the group?

6. In Section 3, what is blood guilt?

7. In Section 4, what does Florian think might help him leave the ship without getting arrested?

8. In Section 3 as Joana leaves the movie house with Emilia, what does she see as she walks toward the ship?

9. In Section 4, who springs into action in the maternity ward after the torpedo hits?

10. In Section 3, how does Emilia describe her mother's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several of the characters are being deceptive. How and why do characters use deception, and when is the deception practiced by characters a survival tactic?

Essay Topic 2

Alfred subscribed wholeheartedly to Hitler’s philosophies and the Nazi party line. In what ways is Alfred a role model for the Nazi regime?

Essay Topic 3

Florian and the shoe poet get acquainted as they travel together. In what ways are Florian and the shoe poet’s personalities alike and different, and how do the personality traits that they share help them deal with the war that is going on?

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