Salt to the Sea Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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

Salt to the Sea Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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. In Section 1, when did Emilia's mother die?

2. In Section 1, what is Ingrid's handicap?

3. In Section 2, how old does Alfred say that the Gustloff is?

4. In Section 1, how large does Joana remember the shrapnel being that she removed from Florian?

5. In Section 2, where does Alfred say that a private luxury suite is located on the Gustloff?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Section 1, what does Joana say about the war and what has been happening for the last four years?

3. In Section 2, what does the group find in the dining room of the manor house?

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

5. In Section 1, what does Joana tell about her story as she removes the shrapnel from Florian?

6. In Section 1, what does Eva learn about Emilia by talking with her?

7. In Section 1, what does Alfred say about Operation Hannibal as he imagines writing a letter to Hannelore?

8. In Section 1, what does Emilia remember doing with her mother?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the characters experience one or more disasters. How does disaster affect various characters, and how does disaster reveal character?

Essay Topic 2

Several of the characters are being deceptive. How and why do characters use deception, and when is the deception practiced by characters a survival tactic?

Essay Topic 3

There are several references to birth in the novel. How does the author develop the theme of birth and the ability of birth to take place even in difficult situations?

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