These questions were written by a year 11 English class to check their knowledge of some of the details of the historical novel, 'Krystyna's Story' by Halina Ogonowska-Coates.
Her pigs.
Freshly cooked bread.
Cabbage soup
Trains
No time
5 minutes
30 minutes
1 day
In Warsaw
In the countryside near the eastern border
In a small town
On a boat
Happy.... sadness
Short....joy
Sad.... joy
Short.... memory
New Zealand
Auschwitz
Moscow
Siberia
Mushrooms
Dead badgers
Lettuce
Carrots
A ball gown
Rags
Moss
An army greatcoat
Nail technician
Washing the floors
Cooking the soup
Carrying buckets of faeces
Rubbish
People who wanted to get off
Buckets of faeces
Bodies
She stole food for him
She chewed up his bread for him and mixed it with water
She didn't
She bought him mushrooms
Because they felt bad for what they had done
The Americans and British made them
Because the Germans invaded the USSR
No-one knows
No-one
Her father
Mama and Danuta
Feliks
Feliks
Father
Danuta
Mama
Andrzej
Mikhail
Feliks
Danuta
She knew there would be food in the morning, she got to have a bath and she was given a uniform that she was proud of.
She had a uniform that she liked, she had a good routine, she made nice friends.
She didn't like anything
She loved New Zealand food, she liked the clean air and she made nice friends.
They wouldn't smile even though they gave the children gifts.
They were so ragged.
They were so violent and angry all the time.
Their language sounded strange.
Russia, get away.
Siberia, escape here
Poland, stay here
New Zealand, stay here
He looked after the girls and gave them a second chance
He was cruel and showed them how mean New Zealanders were
He abused the Polish girls
He's not important to the story
Rongotai College
Reservoir College
The camp
Siberia
How to speak English
What happened to her father
How to bake bread
How to ride a bicycle