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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Abek's family?
(a) They flee to Russia.
(b) They are all shipped off to Auschwitz.
(c) They flee to America.
(d) They make it out of the war.

2. What words describe Frau Kugler?
(a) Secretly kind.
(b) Stupid and inept.
(c) Strange.
(d) Grim and militaristic.

3. What does Gerda do to maintain her sanity?
(a) Talks to other girls in the camp.
(b) Creates characters and plays in her head.
(c) Thinks of her family and future.
(d) Thinks of distant lands and places.

4. How long has it been since Gerda was allowed to take a bath?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Five days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kurt send to Gerda while she is in the hospital?

2. What happens to girls that lag behind?

3. What does Frau Aufsicht make several girls do for her entertainment?

4. What do the girls pray for every night?

5. What are the doctors concerned they will have to do if Gerda does not get better?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Ilse's death, what is the next town the girls stop in?

2. What does Gerda learn about Abek's family in Sosnowitz?

3. What part of Gerda's body has been the most affected by frostbite?

4. When and where are they girls forced to go after arriving at Marzdorf?

5. What date are the girls forced to go to their new camp?

6. What does Gerda receive from Abek at Christmas?

7. How old is Gerda when she goes to see Burnberg for the first time?

8. How is Abek able to eventually see Gerda?

9. How long is Gerda at the camp?

10. How does Gerda honor the memories of those that did not make it out of the Holocaust?

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