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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What number is Gerda given by the male SS guards?
(a) 895A.
(b) 879A
(c) 885A
(d) 855A

2. What rumors were prevalent while Gerda was on vacation?
(a) She was pregnant.
(b) War will start soon.
(c) Jews will be hunted down and put into the concentration camps.
(d) The war will soon be over!

3. According to Meister Zimmer, what happens to prisoners who do not work well?
(a) They will be moved to a different camp.
(b) They wil be rewarded.
(c) They will be exterminated.
(d) They will get bad work positioned.

4. What do Gerda and Helene conceal from Julius?
(a) Gerda's pregnancy.
(b) Helene's infidelity.
(c) Arthur's fighting.
(d) That war will be soon.

5. What do the girls overhear that makes them excited?
(a) The SS is being disbanded.
(b) Hitler committed suicide
(c) Hitler has decided to release the Jews.
(d) Hitler is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gerda spend her "free time" at the new camp?

2. How many Jews are left in Gerda's village?

3. What news crushes Gerda and her family's hopes and dreams?

4. At the beginning of the section, how far have they marched?

5. Why didn't the Weissmanns get out of Poland sooner?

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