WorksheetsSalt to the Sea Final Review
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 41mins
What country did Florian and Joana end up living in?
Denmark
Germany
America
Lithuania
What happened to Klaus in the end?
He was taken to the orphanage in Berlin.
Florian and Joana raised him as their son.
Opi adopted him.
He was returned to his family.
What became of Emilia's baby?
She was raised by Eva.
She was put up for adoption.
She died on the lifeboat with Emilia.
She was raised by Florian and Joana.
To whom does this quote refer? "She arrived in February."
Emilia
Halinka
Joana
Eva
How did Niels and Clara Christensen find out Emilia's name?
A news article
from Halinka's letter
from Florian's notebook
in Florian's letter
More than _____________ people died in the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff.
10,000
9,000
8,000
7,000
Where is the amber swan at the end of the book?
At the bottom of the ocean
Buried in Clara's yard.
Buried in Florian's yard.
Still on the Wilhelm Gustloff
Florian wrote that Emilia was his ___________.
knight
friend
sister
savior
Approximately how many children we on the WG?
10,000
9,000
5,000
1,500
In addition to the WG, other ships were sunk during the evacuation. About how many lives in total were lost during the evacuations?
50,000
40,000
25,000
15,5000
Where is the Amber Room?
In Germany
In Lithuania
In Poland
It is still a mystery
Ruta Sepetys said that, "reading books can unite us in story, study, and _______________________."
remembrance
history
friendship
sorrow
Why is Joana important to her group?
She is blind and able to hear planes before everyone else.
She knows where the manor house is.
She has a horse and medical training.
She has potatoes that she shares.
What plan does Joana have for Emilia?
She tells her to stay with Florian because he will take care of her.
She tells her to take the papers of a Latvian woman who died.
She tells her to hide in the manor and wait for the Allied soldiers to save her.
She tells her to hide in Eva's cart and not to talk to anyone since she's Polish.
When the group makes it to the Wilhelm Gustloff, how does Joana get on?
She pretends to be Klaus's mother since children are given priority to board.
She gets a pass from Alfred because he thinks that she's pretty.
She pretends that she's pregnant so that she can go to the maternity ward.
She gets a pass from a doctor when she offers to help him take care of patients.
What does Joana do to help Florian?
She takes care of the pack that he's been carrying.
She reminds him of his mother, who was also in the medical field.
She takes out the shrapnel in his side and sews him up.
She reminds him of home and of the girls he used to date.
Why does Joana feel that she should be grateful to Germany?
Her family was attacked by Stalin's soldiers and German soldiers saved them.
She was allowed to go to school in Germany and get her medical training.
She was repatriated into Germany from Lithuania by Hitler.
She was born in Germany and had German citizenship.
What was Florian's job for the Reich?
He ran an operation that identified and prosecuted Jewish store owners.
He stole art fro mJewish-run museums and hid it for Hitler.
He trained soldiers in how to use explosive devices.
He restored art and was the museum director's personal assistant.
What is Florian hiding? Select all that apply.
His respect for Hitler.
Hitler's favorite stolen art piece: an amber swan.
A map and key to the Amber Room in the heel of his shoe.
His romantic feelings for Emilia.
What position does Alfred hold?
He keeps the supply closets at the command base tidy.
He is a midwife for expectant mothers on the Wilhelm Gustloff.
He is in charge of helping refugees get on the Wilhelm Gustloff.
He is a soldier in the front lines of the Allied forces.
Which of Hitler's theories did Alfred agree with? Select all that apply.
People should protect the sick, weak, and inferior.
People deserve to be treated equally, no matter their race.
Those who were born disabled were "garbage children."
Polish land could be "Germanized," but Polish people couldn't.
Where does Emilia end up having her baby?
In Poland with her family.
On board the Wilhelm Gustloff.
In a potato cellar near the manor.
In Eva's cart.
What ultimately happens to Emilia?
She has a baby boy who she names Klaus and she makes it to Kiel.
She has a daughter who she names Halinka and she freezes alone on a life raft.
She has a daughter who she names Joana and they make it back to Poland.
She has a baby boy who she names Florian and they both die in the water of hypothermia.
Joana left a note at the house they stayed at telling them she had borrowed a sewing kit. What happened to the note?
It blew away in the wind.
It's still at the house.
Florian stole it and took it with him.
Soldiers found it.
What had Florian stolen from Joana's case?
some painkillers
her documents
a drawing
some jewellery
Who from the group who have been travelling together meets Alfred Frick first?
Joana
Florian
The Shoe Port
Emilia
What rank does Florian tell the reader Alfred is?
Lieutenant
Sargent
Matrose - the lowest for enlisted seamen
Private
What does Alfred do that makes Emilia feel uncomfortable?
He's rude to them all.
He kicks a starving dog.
He shouts at them all.
He refuses to help them.
Who does Florian say he'll recommend Alfred to for commendation if Alfred helps him?
Dr Lange
Stalin
The government
Gauleiter Koch and maybe even Hitler
How do Alfred and Florian end their conversation?
They salute each other.
They say 'Heil Hitler' to each other.
They give each other a hug.
They sit into their hands and then shake hands.
During which historical event is 'Salt to the Sea' set?
The Cold War
World War I
World War II
The Vietnam War
What theme does Joanna's perspective primarily deal with?
Adventure
Love
Guilt
Courage
What is the primary theme of Florian's perspective?
Fate
Anger
Survival
Betrayal
Which character's perspective deals with the theme of shame?
Joanna
Florian
Amelia
Alfred
What does Alfred primarily talk about in his perspective?
Hope
Despair
Fear
Pride
Which country is not mentioned in the context of the book's setting?
Poland
Germany
Czechoslovakia
France
What year did Joanna flee from Lithuania?
1944
1941
1942
1943
What significant event does the group of characters try to escape from?
The sinking of the Titanic
The fall of the Berlin Wall
The evacuation of Dunkirk
The evacuation ahead of the Soviet advance
Joana checked out Emelia and said, "Oh, dear God." What did Joana discover about Emelia?
She had lost weight.
She was eight months pregnant.
She was hiding a baby lamb.
There was nothing interesting to discover.
Which character is constantly being given orders to clean the toilets and other such tasks by German officers?
Alfred
Emelia
Florian
Joana
What dangerous situation do our characters face in order to get to the refugee ships?
A forest fire
Brutally hot weather
Crossing treacherous ice
A stampede of wild elephants
The refugees reach a grand old estate, only to make a shocking discovery. What was it?
There's no way to keep warm there
The cellar is full of more food than they can eat
The family that lived there are all dead in their beds
Alfred is there to take them captive
Florian shows German officers something which makes them suddenly respect him. What does he show them?
He has a forged special pass which says he is on a special mission for Gauleiter Koch
He shows them a suitcase full of money
He shows Emelia to them
He is related to Adolph Hitler
What has Florian stolen?
Nothing; Florian is too good a boy to steal anything
A missile that can shoot down Russian airplanes
Emelia's potato
An art treasure cherished by Hitler called the amber swan
What character dies during these pages?
Joana
Gauleiter Koch
Ingrid the blind girl
the shoe poet
Which character an I describing? This characer is Polish, thus more likely to be held back by the Germans, but manages to get a Latvian identification card.
The little boy
Big Eva
Emelia
Joanna
Alfred learns two disturbing things about the ship they are preparing to sail on, the Wilhelm Gustloff. Select one of the two things among the four choices:
The ship will not sail after all
The ship has only 12 lifeboats; the other 10 were missing
Well more than 2,000 people will be packed on board
The ship has been captured by the Russians
Emilia has to pretend to be which nationality in order to gain passage onto the ship?
German
Russian
Lithuanian
Latvian
What handicap does Alfred believe that Emilia has?
She is too young to be pregnant.
She doesn't speak German.
Florian is the father of her baby.
She isn't German.
What does Joanna think will save the injured soldiers she registers?
The Whilhelm Gustloff
To stay behind on the dock.
The doctors and their medicine.
Her expertise as a nurse.
At the beginning of the Novel, while introducing the characters, there is a phrase about hunters. What are the four hunters?
The hunters are Guilt, Fame, Shame, and Fear
The hunters are Guilt, Fate, Shame, and Fear
The hunters are Gift, Fate, Shame, and Fear
The hunters are Guilt, Fate, Proud, and Fear
Who does Alfred write his "letter" to?
Hannah
Heidi
Hannelore
Hermine
What does Emilia call Florian?
Prince
Gentleman
Protagonist
Knight
Who are the main characters?
Albert, Joana, Florian and Emilia
Albert, Joana, Florian, and Emily
Alfred, Joana, Florian, and Emily
Alfred Joana, Florian, and Emilia
How is Florian hurt?
Gunshot wound
Rash
Head injury
Shrapnel wound
Who is the author of "Salt to the Sea"
Ruta Sepetys
Ruta Salty
Rita Sepetys
Ruta Gustloff
My mental pictures of Lwów seemed to be fading, like a photograph left outside in the sun.
Simile
Metaphor
Imagery
foreshadowing
Shame is a hunter
Simile
Metaphor
Imagery
foreshadowing
The sound lifted the hatch of the memory
Simile
personfication
Imagery
foreshadowing
What is the massive water evacuation called?
Willhelm Gustloff
Let's escape now
Operation Hannibal
Escape ROUTE 66
Besides her mother and her home, what is another thing Emilia greatly misses from Lwow?
her friend Joseph
Her school, her teachers, her desk and the smell of freshly sharpened pencils
her clothes and warm food
her best friend Lina
Why did the Nazis destroy Emilia's school?
They claimed Polish children did not need an education
they found weapons hidden in the school
they thought the staff were spies from war
they were disapointed with their educational system
Why did Emilia shoot a man in the forest?
She wanted revenge for what they had donde to her family
She was nervous and made a huge mistake
She didn't see him properly
She thought he was a soldier attacking Florian
What song does Emilia always remember from her mother?
Pinpon es un muneco
Row row your boat
All the little duckies with their heads in the water
Twinkle twinkle little star
What does the shoe poet use to treat his knee for arthritis?
bark from the oak trees
vinegar
mercurary in white polish
water from snow
What does Eva find in a room upstairs of the mansion?
fruit and bread
a dead family in their beds
cats all over the place
money hidden in a closet
