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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 high does Alfred say that the Gustloff is?

2. In Section 2, where does Florian remember that his father sent his sister?

3. In Section 1, what does Emilia's crying remind Florian of?

4. In Section 1, what color sweater does Alfred remember Hannelore wearing?

5. In Section 1, how old is Eva?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Section 1, how many horses do Joana's group have and why?

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

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

On the journey and on the ship, there are crowds of people everywhere. How do these crowds symbolize what is at stake because of the war?

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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