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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, how many babies does Alfred say were born in Stolp after the Russians invaded?

2. In Section 2, what does Alfred say that Hannelore's father owned?

3. In Section 1, who does Joana remember that Ingrid was traveling with when she became separated?

4. In Section 1, how long ago did Joana become a deserter?

5. In Section 1, how old is Emilia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Section 2, what is the Amber Room?

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Section 1, how does the shoe poet say that a frozen woman that Joana's group passes died?

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

10. In Section 2, how does Florian describe Dr. Lange's daughter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Florian’s father told him that he was a traitor. Why did Florian’s father tell him that he was a traitor, and in what way was Florian a traitor?

Essay Topic 2

Florian and the shoe poet get acquainted as they travel together. In what ways are Florian and the shoe poet’s personalities alike and different, and how do the personality traits that they share help them deal with the war that is going on?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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