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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Gerda not bear to do?
(a) She can't bear to bury Ilse.
(b) Think positive thoughts.
(c) Continue to walk.
(d) Commit suicide.

2. How does Gerda say goodbye to Abek?
(a) Through a note.
(b) She goes to see him.
(c) She never gets to say goodbye to him.
(d) Over the phone.

3. 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 stands up for the girl.
(b) Gerda kicks the guard for threatening the girl.
(c) Because Gerda does not know who threw the bread.
(d) She is not beaten.

4. While the Germans lose ground on the Eastern Front, what halts at the camp?
(a) Clothing production.
(b) The gas chambers are turned off.
(c) Stamp production.
(d) Construction.

5. At the new camp, what are the girls now forced to wear?
(a) Wet clothing, covered in vermin repellent.
(b) Underwear.
(c) They are not allowed to wear clothes.
(d) Sacks made out of rough material.

6. What are the rumors surrounding the male SS guards?
(a) The prisoners will be used to sexually satisfy the men.
(b) They are here to execute the girls.
(c) The men wish to beat the female prisoners.
(d) They have come to take over the camp.

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

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

9. How old does Gerda turn on May 8th?
(a) 21.
(b) 25.
(c) 27.
(d) 23.

10. After the war, what does Gerda do with her life?
(a) She becomes a teacher.
(b) She becomes an author.
(c) She becomes a lecturer and an author.
(d) She becomes a housewife and a mother.

11. What are the doctors concerned they will have to do if Gerda does not get better?
(a) Damaged lungs.
(b) Inability to have children.
(c) Amputate her arms.
(d) Amputate her feet.

12. What does Gerda do with the note?
(a) She tears it up before she reads it.
(b) Keeps it as evidence.
(c) Gives it to Ilse.
(d) Frames the note.

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

14. What do the girls eat to stay alive as they sleep outside of the church?
(a) Other dead bodies.
(b) Water.
(c) Snow.
(d) Nothing. They starve.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The women pass many German cities and finally arrive at _________.

2. How long has it been since Gerda was allowed to take a bath?

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

4. What number is Gerda given by the male SS guards?

5. What does Gerda have to completely relearn?

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