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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 4, how many nautical miles offshore does Alfred say that the ship is when he hears a loud bang and feels something slam into the ship?

2. In Section 3, what does Eva have on the wagon that she does not want to leave behind?

3. In Section 3, what is the name of the doctor that Joana is assisting?

4. What area did Koch obliterate according to Alfred in Section 3?

5. In Section 4 when Alfred goes to the infirmary because he is seasick, what is he told to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Section 3, what does KdF mean and what is its purpose?

2. In Section 3, what does Joana learn about Florian and Koch?

3. In Section 4, when does Emilia remember receiving a sign?

4. In Section 3, how does Alfred describe the swimming area on the ship?

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

6. In Section 4, what instructions does Dr. Wendt give Joana?

7. 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?

8. In Section 3, what does Emilia remember about the invasion of Poland?

9. What does Alfred do to a child's toy and why when he collapses in the music room after vomiting with seasickness in Section 4?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The novel takes place in winter. How does winter symbolize danger physically and metaphorically in the novel?

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