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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. Why does Mrs Berger slap one of the girls?

2. What is Gerda now resigned to?

3. What kind act do the doctors of the hospital do for Gerda?

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

5. In the first part of the chapter, Gerda is given a note. What does the note say?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Abek given up to be with Gerda?

2. When is Gerda given an identifying number?

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

4. Who is the senior Jewess of Gerda's camp area?

5. When does Gerda meet Frau Kugler?

6. What good news does the American guard give the girls after their marching is complete?

7. What is the name of the kind US soldier that helps to liberate Gerda?

8. What does Gerda receive from Abek at Christmas?

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

10. Gerda and her friend's lack of nutrition causes what to happen to many of the girls?

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

Gerda creates her own propaganda to keep up the girls' spirits. Does this help them carry on? Do you think it was the right thing to do? What other ways could Gerda help the girls to keep them optimistic?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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