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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 is Herta's sentence at the Nuremberg trial?

2. What is the name of Caroline's new elevator operator?

3. Why does Fritz leave Ravensbruck?

4. Who drills the girls on English verbs while they are in the Revier?

5. What nationatlity does Kasia have to pretend to be to get her and Zuzanna on the bus to Sweden?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Caroline’s interaction with Mms Bertillion reveal about Caroline’s personality?

2. What are the results of the Nuremburg trials for the guards and doctors of Ravensbruck?

3. How does Caroline treat Paul once she has found his child in Chapter 36? Do you think this is right?

4. Is Kasia and Pietrik’s wedding day a happy one?

5. What does Felka symbolize in Chapter 32?

6. What is Kasia’s reaction to meeting Marthe?

7. What happens to Fritz in Chapter 17?

8. What does Herr Fenstermacher do for Zuzanna on Christmas? What does this do for her?

9. What is the camp’s reaction to the rabbits?

10. How do Zuzanna and Kasia escape from Ravensbruck?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Zuzanna and Kasia clearly love one another, but their relationship is complicated. Do the sisters provide strength or weakness for one another throughout the text?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 39, Kasia lashes out at Caroline when she tells Zuzanna she cannot go to America. What are the different, complicated parts of Kasia's personality and experiences that cause this interaction?

Essay Topic 3

Is Paul a moral man? Why or why not?

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