Salt to the Sea Quizzes

Salt to the Sea Quiz 1

1 Why does Joana feel she is a murderer?
Because she led the Soviets to send her cousin to Siberia

Because she accidentally kills a soldier

Because she puts the group in danger by treating Florian's wounds

Because she has murderous thoughts
2 What story does Emilia invent about her pregnancy?
That she was raped by Russian soldiers

That she is carrying the baby of Martin Kleist

That she is carrying the baby of August Kleist

That she was raped by German soldiers
3 Why does Florian say that he has "blood guilt"?
Because he helped Lange and Koch steal treasured art

Because his father helped men who tried to assassinate Hitler

Because he killed a German soldier

Because he survived while his parents died
4 Why does Koch refuse to issue evacuation orders?
Because the Germans fear Russian attacks on the refugees

Because he is awaiting orders from Allied forces

Because the Nazis won't admit they're losing the war

Because the Germans don't have boats for the refugees
5 What metaphor represents the characters' emotions at the novel's opening?
The bang

The amber swan

The hunter

The burning wreath
6 Why does Emilia see Florian as a knight?
Because she loves him

Because he saved her from a Russian soldier

Because he saved her from a German soldier

Because he is Prussian
7 Why does Florian steal the key to the Amber Room?
As a memento for posterity

To take revenge on Hitler

To take revenge on Dr. Lange

To steal the contents of the Amber Room
8 Why does Alfred steal boarding passes from the Gustloff?
To sell to refugees

So that his family can board the ship

To give to Florian

As mementos for posterity
9 What does Alfred tell the Hitler Youth about Hannelore?
That her father is Jewish

That her mother is Jewish

That she is a traitor

That her family is hiding a Polish girl
10 Why does Emilia feel like a boat with no anchor?
Because she cannot be with August Kleist

Because she is a teen mother

Because she lost her mother

Because she is persecuted for being Polish
11 When the Hitler Youth take Hannelore away, how does she define her identity?
She says that she is German

She says that she is Jewish

She says that she is half-Aryan

She says that she is from Heidelberg
12 Why does Joana slap Florian?
Because he won't help her out in the infirmary

Because he cheated on her with another woman

Because he is putting his trust in Alfred

Because he has put her in danger by saying she's his private nurse
13 Why does Joana bandage Ingrid's eyes?
Because she injured her eyes in an explosion

To pretend she is wounded rather than blind

To protect her by pretending she is blind

To hide her deformed face
14 What can the shoe poet tell about Joana from her shoes?
That she is from a poor family

That she was loved and separated from her mother

That she is from Lithuania

That she worked at a hospital in East Prussia
15 How does Florian get a boarding pass for the Wilhelm Gustloff?
He presents himself as one of Joana's patients

He presents himself as Klaus's father

Alfred gives him one of the boarding passes he stole

He steals one when the inspector isn't looking
16 Why does Florian decide to let Emilia follow him in the forest?
Because she has food

Because she is Polish

Because she reminds him of her sister Anni

Because he thinks they'll be safer together
17 Why does Florian steal the Amber Swan?
To take revenge against Hitler

To take revenge against Alfred

To take revenge against his father

To take revenge against Dr. Lange
18 Why does Florian hide inside the pipe organ at the cathedral in Gotenhafen?
So that he can forge his boarding pass for the Gustloff

So that he can open the box containing the Amber Swan

So that he can avoid speaking to Joana

So that he can observe the crowd in secret
19 What does the group of refugees laugh about in Gotenhafen?
A shawled woman carrying a goat in a baby buggy

Alfred's crusty, red blisters

Joana and Florian's romance

Emilia's pink hat
20 Why does Eva separate from the rest of the group?
She thinks she's better than them

She doesn't want to be near Emilia

She thinks the Hansa is a better ship

She wants to find her belongings
21 What made Florian realize that Dr. Lange didn't really care about him?
Lange told Florian to steal a Polish painting

Lange sent Florian to the worst art institute

He found all his letters to Lange unopened

Lange said Florian's restoration work was bad
22 What happened when Florian went back to Tilsit to seek his father's advice?
A neighbor told him he'd arrived too late

His father was too angry to give him advice

His father told him to keep working at the museum

His father told him that Lange was manipulating him
23 Why did Joana leave a letter at the Prussian manor house?
To tell them she borrowed their sewing kit

To explain why her family fled Lithuania

To apologize for what happened to them

In case they returned and needed medical care
24 Why does Emilia name her baby Halinka?
After the nickname of her mother, Halink

After the stork that left the day her mother died

After her baby brother

After her hometown hero
25 Why did Mrs. Kleist mistreat Emilia?
Because she was an orphan

Because she didn't do her work on the farm

Because she believed she was inferior for being Polish

Because she lost her honor when she was raped

What are some hyperboles in Salt to the Sea? Please add page number as well.

"My services are quite in demand, so I must clode. I will leave you however, with the most impressive fact of all- the capacity of the ship is 1,463 but I am told we may have as many as 2,000 on board.

Imagine, my darling, your Alfred is saving...

Asked by bob b #1075681

Answered by Aslan on 3/10/2024 7:44 PM