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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. In Section 2, what type of preserves does Emilia remember Florian giving her when the group was at the manor house?
(a) Peach.
(b) Blackberry.
(c) Raspberry.
(d) Grape.

2. In Section 2, how high does Alfred say that the Gustloff is?
(a) 45 meters.
(b) 71 meters.
(c) 56 meters.
(d) 62 meters.

3. In Section 2, what color scarf is the soldier wearing who checks the papers of Joana's group?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

4. In Section 1, what do panicked villages tell stories of Russian solders wearing according to Alfred?
(a) Necklaces made from fingers of the dead.
(b) Scalps.
(c) Necklaces made from the teeth of children.
(d) Necklaces made from toes of the dead.

5. In Section 1, what does the shoemaker say killed the woman Joana found dead in the snow?
(a) Lack of warm clothes.
(b) Russians.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 1, how old is the little boy who began following Joana's group?

2. In Section 1, where is Emilia hiding?

3. In Section 1, from whom does the shoe poet guess that Joana got her boots?

4. In Section 1, where is Florian clutching a wound?

5. In Section 1, how many Poles does Florian remember his father saying were killed by the Nazis?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Section 2, what is the story of the song "Lili Marleen"?

2. In Section 2, what happens as Ingrid crosses the ice?

3. In Section 2, how does Emilia describe the crossing of the ice?

4. In Section 2, why might it be a problem for Ingrid to cross the ice?

5. In Section 2, how does Joana plan to get Emilia across the ice and past the soldiers and checkpoints?

6. In Section 1, what does Emilia see after the Russian soldier accosts her?

7. How did a six-year-old boy come to travel with Joana and her group in Section 1?

8. In Section 1, why did Emilia think that Florian would want nothing to do with her after he killed the Russian?

9. In Section 2, what amenities does Alfred describe of the Gustloff?

10. In Section 2, why does Joana say that Florian and Emilia should travel with the group?

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