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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. What is the third figurine holding that is found on Laura's doorstep?

2. What happens when Nina comes in and sees Laura lying under Sheener's body?

3. How long does Kokschka know it will be before he sees Laura again?

4. What does Laura tell Thelma about Christopher's delivery?

5. What does the blue-eyed man say when Markwell says 'I still don't know who you are.'? (page 20)

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kokoschka think when he first looks at Laura?

2. Why does Stefan explain that he had worked to change Laura's life?

3. What does Thelma tell Stefan when he says that he is worried he has lost the chance to win Laura?

4. Explain what happens at Christmas time in Chapter 7

5. Describe the conversation that Stefan and Winston Churchill have.

6. Describe the first time that Laura meets Danny.

7. What does Stefan do when he uses Kokoscha's belt to return to the institute?

8. Describe what happens when Laura has to shoot the men that comes into her home in the beginning of Chapter 3.

9. Describe Dr. Markwell and what he is doing when Chapter 1 begins.

10. What is life like for Laura at the Teagel house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Speculate on the reasons that it took Laura so long to mourn the death of her father.

Part 2) Did Laura take her father's death or Ruthie's death harder? Did she take those death's or Danny's death harder?

Part 3) Why was Laura able to accept life by the end of the book better than she had earlier in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) Describe what the four SS agents have in common that went to kill Stefan, Laura and Chris.

Part 2) Why did these men seem to have such devotion to Hitler?

Part 3) Do you believe this level of devotion and attitude could have been historically accurate? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Compare Ruthie and Thelma.

Part 2) Speculate on how, if any, the relationship would have been different if it had been Ruthie that lived rather than Thelma.

Part 3) Speculate on the difference between a relationship between twins compared to that of other siblings.

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