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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gerda keep to herself?
(a) Some letters are not really Arthur's.
(b) Her sadness and dispair.
(c) Her desire to commit sucide.
(d) The challenges of being with her parents.

2. In the beginning of the novel, who is invading Gerda's hometown?
(a) French soldiers.
(b) American navy seals.
(c) The Nazis.
(d) Russian soldiers.

3. What is the family told is happening to Arthur's letters?
(a) They were being kept by his girlfriend.
(b) Arthur has sent no letters.
(c) They are being burned.
(d) They are delayed due to censors.

4. What does Arthur send his parents that makes them happy?
(a) He can get nothing through to them.
(b) Money.
(c) Letters & money.
(d) Letters.

5. How old is Gerda when the book begins?
(a) 15.
(b) 19.
(c) 13.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gerda lose Arthur's present?

2. What do Gerda and Helene conceal from Julius?

3. Which of the Jewish population is virtually gone?

4. What is Gerda's mother's name?

5. Who brings the news of Arthur's letters?

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