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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 4, how many nautical miles offshore does Alfred say that the ship is when he hears a loud bang and feels something slam into the ship?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

2. In Section 4 when Alfred goes to the infirmary because he is seasick, what is he told to do?
(a) Go up top and look at the horizon.
(b) Have some tea.
(c) Eat some crackers.
(d) Lie down.

3. In Section 4 after vomiting constantly from seasickness, where does Alfred collapse?
(a) C deck.
(b) E deck.
(c) Ball room.
(d) Music room.

4. In Section 4, when does Emilia remember older girls allowing her to make wreaths with them on the longest night of the year?
(a) The year her grandmother died.
(b) The year she turned 13.
(c) The year her mother died.
(d) The year she turned 14.

5. In Section 4, how many refugees did Alfred's superior estimate were left in the port when the ship pulled anchor?
(a) 35,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 50,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What area did Koch obliterate according to Alfred in Section 3?

2. In Section 3, were does Alfred find Florian when he goes to meet with him?

3. In Section 3, when Joana and Emilia arrive at the maternity ward on the ship, how many other expectant mothers are there?

4. In Section 3, how many pieces of art does Florian remember Dr. Lange telling him would be transferred from Poland to Germany?

5. In Section 4, when does Joana tell Florian that her uncle and his family were sent to a gulag in Siberia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alfred do to a child's toy and why when he collapses in the music room after vomiting with seasickness in Section 4?

2. In Section 4, after the torpedo hits, what happens to a little girl in the music room?

3. In Section 4, what does Joana see and feel at 9:15 p.m.

4. In Section 3, what is blood guilt?

5. In Section 4, why does Joana say that she is a murderer?

6. In Section 4, who springs into action in the maternity ward after the torpedo hits?

7. In Section 3, how does Alfred describe the swimming area on the ship?

8. In Section 4, what instructions does Dr. Wendt give Joana?

9. In Section 3, why does Eva not register with the rest of the group?

10. In Section 4, how does Alfred describe the ship's departure?

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