All But My Life Test | Final Test - Hard

Gerda Weissmann Klein
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

All But My Life Test | Final Test - Hard

Gerda Weissmann Klein
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 Gerda agree to marry Abek if she does not love him?

2. Why is Gerda in despair at the end of Chapter 4?

3. How do Gerda and Ilse travel to Marzdorf?

4. What is different about the new camp?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gerda receive from Abek at Christmas?

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

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

4. Newly arriving girls tell Gerda what hopeful news?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why is Gerda sad as the girls march away from Helmbrecht?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During the war, Gerda meets a character named Frau Kugler. In what way was the character relevant to the story?

a. Why does Frau Kugler help Gerda during the book?

b. Do you feel that this character had a positive or negative effect on Gerda's views of the Germans?

Essay Topic 2

Gerda is 15-years-old when the Nazis are invading her small town of Belitz, Poland. She is 21 when the war comes to an end. Compare and contrast the life of a typical girl who is 15-21 years old to the life that Gerda is forced to live.

a. What experiences would a 15-21 year old girl have (specifically)?

b. How does being in a concentration camp affect her physically and emotionally?

c. How does being separated from her family change the way she develops?

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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