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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 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?

2. In Section 4, where does Florian remember being sent to live with his sister?

3. In Section 3, who does Florian say that he is named after?

4. In Section 3, how many showers does Joana say are on the Gustloff?

5. In Section 4, how many torpedoes does Alfred learn hit the ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alfred do when a sailor tells him to get a coat if he can find one?

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

3. Where was art stolen from for Hitler and where was some of it hidden?

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

5. In Section 3, what does Joana see when she looks in a mirror after Dr. Richter suggests that she clean up?

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

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

8. In Section 3 as Joana leaves the movie house with Emilia, what does she see as she walks toward the ship?

9. In Section 3, what is blood guilt?

10. In Section 3, how does Emilia remember becoming pregnant?

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

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 3

Sepetys uses foreshadowing throughout the novel. How does the author use foreshadowing to build suspense and tension in the novel?

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