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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the girls overhear that makes them excited?

2. How old does Gerda turn on May 8th?

3. Why does Mrs Berger slap one of the girls?

4. According to Meister Zimmer, what happens to prisoners who do not work well?

5. After the war, what does Gerda do with her life?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Abek able to eventually see Gerda?

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

4. On May 6, 1949, Frau Kugler announces that the girls will be moved where?

5. What must the girls wear once they have been registered at the camp?

6. What does Gerda learn to guard as time goes on?

7. Finally, after marching, where do the girls arrive?

8. When does Gerda meet Frau Kugler?

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

10. In order to crush the girls' spirits what does the new camp director tell them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Early on in the story, the Weissmanns receive a note in the mail saying that all men between the age of 16-50 must register. Why did they only want men? Why doesn't Arthur want Gerda to go to the train with him to say goodbye? Do you think that Arthur or David could have escaped or hidden so as not to be taken away? Why or Why not?

Essay Topic 2

In several parts of the story Gerda mentions the garden that once belonged to her family:

a. What was special about the garden in Gerda's mind?

b. How did the garden play a part in her father's recovery?

c. Why was Gerda forced to say goodbye to the garden she loved so much?

Essay Topic 3

Gerda had received many letters from Abe throughout the story, one of which was a hand written letter from her father.

a. Why did Abek not want to send Gerda the letter from her father?

b. Did the letters from Abek make Gerda happy? Why or Why not?

c. Why does Gerda send Abek a letter agreeing to marry him if she had no intentions of doing so?

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