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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. Where did Annie and her family live?

2. When did the De Leeuw family receive a letter ordering them to go to a Dutch work camp?

3. What was the first country Germany took in 1940?

4. In Chapter 2, where did Father think they might be able to go?

5. Where were Annie, Sini, and Rachel to stay?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Rachel refuse to go into hiding?

2. What would Les and Sophie do on vacation?

3. How did the principal at the school where Rachel taught react when he learned she had received a letter from the Germans firing her?

4. What was the setting of the new house?

5. How did Mr. Abbinks offer to help Les?

6. Why didn’t Annie’s parents go to America?

7. In Chapter 2, what plan did Father come up with to leave?

8. In Chapter 6, what was learned about the course of the war?

9. What happened to the Gans’ son?

10. How did Annie get permission to visit her mother in the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 11, Sini refused to hide any longer. What happened to Sini that made her refuse to hide? What did she insist on getting? What did she do that allowed her not to hide?

Essay Topic 2

At the beginning of Chapter 7, Annie didn’t fear looking out the window. What did Annie say to Sini when Sini warned her to stay away from the window? Did Annie understand what she was risking? What did Johan allow Annie to read? How did that make her realize the dangers she faced if she was caught?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 4, the holidays were not a happy time for Annie and Sini. Why were the holidays difficult for the girls? What were they missing? Why did captivity seem particularly difficult during the holidays?

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