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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 2, what type of preserves does Emilia remember Florian giving her when the group was at the manor house?

2. In Section 1, what is Emilia's nationality?

3. In Section 2, what does Alfred say was the most recent use of the Gustloff?

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

5. In Section 2, what pattern is on the china at the dining table in the manor house the group finds?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Section 2, what does Joana see as they approach the manor house?

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

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

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

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

8. In Section 2, how does Florian think that the family of the manor house died?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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