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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Does Gerda wish to work at a factory for the rest of her life?
(a) Yes, she is a good seamstress.
(b) Yes, as long as it will keep her safe.
(c) No, she wants to be a mother and work more interesting jobs.
(d) No she has no interest to stay.
2. What news crushes Gerda and her family's hopes and dreams?
(a) Arthur was injured in an attack.
(b) Julius has died.
(c) The family dog has died.
(d) Paris has been invaded by the Nazis.
3. What is Gerda's new destiny?
(a) She will soon be transported to another camp.
(b) The war is over and she will be free.
(c) She will reunite with her family.
(d) She will marry Abek.
4. How does Gerda turn down the offer?
(a) She insults Abek's mother.
(b) She takes the offer.
(c) She is dragged back to her camp.
(d) She says the officers at her camp will not let her stay.
5. Which of the Jewish population is virtually gone?
(a) young women.
(b) girls.
(c) young men.
(d) boys.
6. How old is Gerda when the book begins?
(a) 19.
(b) 13.
(c) 21.
(d) 15.
7. What does the family learn about Arthur?
(a) All his friends have been killed.
(b) He is being held in Poland.
(c) He is safe in Russia.
(d) He is breaking up with his girlfriend.
8. Who does Gerda make sure to say goodbye to before she leaves.
(a) Natalie.
(b) Nan.
(c) Nacy.
(d) Niania.
9. What are the rumors surrounding the men that leave?
(a) They are taken to concentration camps.
(b) They are forced to create new families somewhere else.
(c) Thay are given paid government jobs.
(d) They are slaughtered in the woods.
10. What must Jews now wear?
(a) The star of David and the word "Jew" on their clothes.
(b) A Star of David necklace.
(c) Blue colored attire.
(d) Specific shoes.
11. Where is Helene forced to go as the chapter ends?
(a) To go to Russia.
(b) To march into the woods.
(c) Home to take care of her husband.
(d) To a death camp.
12. What is given to Gerda so that she can get out of the country?
(a) A car.
(b) A different outfit.
(c) Special identification.
(d) She is unable to get out of the country.
13. Why does a Nazi officer threaten Gerda in their home?
(a) She insulted him.
(b) She refused him food.
(c) She will not give up the location of her father.
(d) He is trying to proposition her.
14. What news does Gerda receive from her friend, Erika?
(a) She will graduate college soon.
(b) She is being sent to a work camp.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) Erika is to marry her love, Henrek.
15. Why is Gerda's family concerned about the occupation of their town?
(a) They think all of their money will be stolen.
(b) They are concerned because they are of Jewish heritage.
(c) They do not have money to pay off their creditors.
(d) They fear the wrath of the Russians.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is wrong with Helene?
2. After being separated from her mother, Gerda is sent to what town?
3. How do the Weissmanns' non-Jewish neighbors react to the occupation?
4. What is the family told is happening to Arthur's letters?
5. What does Arthur refuse Gerda?
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