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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 3 after Emilia gives birth, what type of food does Joana give her?

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

3. In Section 3, what does Emilia remember eating when her mother died of childbirth?

4. In Section 3, were does Alfred find Florian when he goes to meet with him?

5. In Section 4, what time does Alfred say that the gangways were lifted?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Section 3, what does KdF mean and what is its purpose?

3. In Section 3, what does Joana learn about Florian and Koch?

4. In Section 4, who springs into action in the maternity ward after the torpedo hits?

5. In Section 3 when Joana meets the poet and the little boy under the clock, what does the shoe poet say about getting passes to board the ship?

6. What does Alfred do to a child's toy and why when he collapses in the music room after vomiting with seasickness in Section 4?

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

8. In Section 4, what interrupts the music that plays on the ships speaker's and why?

9. In Section 3, what does Emilia remember about the invasion of Poland?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters struggle with internal and external conflicts. How do various characters face the conflicts they encounter, and how do the conflicts reveal character traits?

Essay Topic 2

Art symbolizes creativity and value in the novel. How does art symbolize creativity and value in the novel, and how does the author show that symbolism by the endurance of art?

Essay Topic 3

Florian and Joana become friends and eventually marry. How do circumstances affect the relationship between Joana and Florian, and how do those circumstances help the relationship to develop?

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