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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Two weeks following the arrival of the male soldiers, what is happening around the camp?
(a) Girls are disappearing.
(b) Guards are disappearing
(c) Air-raid alarms are increasing.
(d) Bombs are being dropped over the camp more and more.

2. What awful rumors are being spread around the camp?
(a) Jewish girls are raped every day.
(b) Jewish girls are being sterilized.
(c) Girls are being forced to sleep with guards.
(d) Jewish men are being castrated.

3. What is Malvine Berger's role in the camp?
(a) She is a prisoner like the other women.
(b) She is the senior Jewess at the camp.
(c) She is a cruel work mistress.
(d) She comforts all the girls.

4. Who sets up a hospital for the girls to recover?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) The Czech Republic hospitals.
(c) English Soliders Hospital.
(d) The American Blue Cross.

5. At the beginning of the section, how far have they marched?
(a) 555 kilometers.
(b) 50 kilometers.
(c) 500 kilometers.
(d) 55 kilometers.

6. What is different about the new camp?
(a) It is cleaner and nicer than Dulag.
(b) The guards are meaner.
(c) It is very dirty.
(d) The guards are nicer.

7. As time goes by, Abek's state of mind is _____________.
(a) gathering strength.
(b) obsessed with Gerda.
(c) descending into deep depression.
(d) loosing its hold on reality.

8. What is the most dangerous part of the new camp, Grunberg?
(a) Spinnerei (the spinning room).
(b) The fields; prisoners are randomly shot.
(c) The barracks; guards attempt to sexually assault the girls.
(d) The shower/gas chamber.

9. One day someone throws the girl in front of Gerda a piece of bread. A guard sees the girl pick up the bread and starts interrogating everyone around her. Why is Gerda beaten by the guard?
(a) Gerda kicks the guard for threatening the girl.
(b) Gerda stands up for the girl.
(c) She is not beaten.
(d) Because Gerda does not know who threw the bread.

10. What are the rumors surrounding the camp about Poland?
(a) The war will soon be over.
(b) The Russians have taken control of Poland.
(c) America has been taken over by the Germans.
(d) The Nazis have won.

11. Why does Gerda begin to convulse in the hospital?
(a) She is very sick.
(b) After her experience, the doctors make her nervous.
(c) She is very cold and cannot control her body.
(d) She is finally able to vent emotions that have been pent up.

12. Why does Mrs Berger slap one of the girls?
(a) To prove herself to the Germans.
(b) To establish her authority among the lower ranked Jewish women.
(c) She never slaps anyone.
(d) To enjoy violence.

13. How many stars of David do the girls have to wear on their bodies?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

14. What happens to Gerda after Christmas?
(a) She becomes very ill.
(b) She gets a new job at the camp.
(c) She tries to escape.
(d) She is able to see her mother again.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to girls that lag behind?

2. What do a frightened Gerda and Ilse pass on their medical exams?

3. Where is Kurt stationed so he can be closer to Gerda?

4. How is Abek allowed to see Gerda?

5. What hard work group is Gerda assigned to at the new camp?

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