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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. After Daniel's tenth birthday, what does his teacher do to him to show the class Daniel is inferior?
2. What does Daniel's mother believe he has in his photo album?
3. According to Daniel's teacher, why is Daniel always in trouble?
4. What does Erika do to help Rosa and the other workers?
5. After Daniel's public-school teacher shows the class how inferior he is, what does Daniel do to him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is significant about the Brown Shirt boycott of Daniel's father's store?
2. The day after the Brown Shirt incident, Uncle Peter comes to take a picture of the word, Jew sprayed on Daniel's father's store. Why is this action of importance that it should be photographed?
3. Why was Daniel in a rush to take the picture of Erika and Rosa another important part of chapter eight?
4. Why is the radio important to Daniel's family?
5. Once more a member of Daniel's family tries to convince others to leave Germany. What is significant about Uncle Aaron's plea with Uncle Peter and Daniel's parents?
6. What is the tragedy of the kitchen workers at the sewing factory keeping the good vegetables for themselves?
7. What does Daniel mean when he says, "Yes, I can see from going through these pictures how it all started slowly and then got worse and worse and how the German people didn't try to stop it and how slowly all our rights were taken away until we were nothing but bodies being shipped out."
8. How does Uncle Peter's death affect Daniel?
9. What significance does Oma Miriam's death have on Daniel?
10. What purpose does the character of Mr. Schneider serve to the overall plot?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Erika use her violin to express her spirit throughout the book? What impact does it have on the overall story and on the family? Use the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
How are the radio, Daniel's camera, and Erika's violin symbols of hope? In what ways do the Jews quietly demonstrate they have hope? Use the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Erika tells Daniel and Rosa, "you must choose love. Always choose love." What does Erika mean by this and in what ways have the Jewish people chosen love? Use the text to support your answer.
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