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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Jo see crouching at the edge of the woods?
(a) Benjamin
(b) A patrol
(c) Leah
(d) Grandpere

2. What did the Corporal give Hubert as a gift?
(a) The binoculars
(b) A new drum
(c) A gun
(d) A loaf of bread

3. How did the villagers treat the soldiers after Benjamin left?
(a) They ignored the soldiers.
(b) With hostility
(c) They were very affectionate.
(d) They declared themselves eternal friends.

4. What does Grandpere admit he is doing with Madame Horcada?
(a) He is trying to ignore her.
(b) He admits that he is courting her.
(c) He is treating her as a charity project.
(d) He is helping her because if his friendship with her dead spouse.

5. What would the soldiers find in the barn?
(a) Children
(b) Pigs
(c) Nothing but hay, bracken and muck
(d) Benjamin and Anya

Short Answer Questions

1. What vehicle did Benjamin take when he left?

2. Where did Hubert take Jo after they left the school?

3. What job did Jo take on after school?

4. What was the mood in school the day after they went up the mountain?

5. Why didn't the patrol see the person at the edge of the woods?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Grandpere help heal the rift between the father and the son?

2. What is unnerving about moving up the mountain?

3. What is Jo's father's personality like when he gets back home?

4. After Benjamin and Leah are sent away, what thought comforts Jo?

5. What happened to the German troops when the war ended?

6. Why is the time of year significant to the plan for the children's escape?

7. What happens to Benjamin when the German patrol is near?

8. What happened to the bear that Benjamin raised?

9. How do the Germans respond to the sheep herding?

10. Why does the Corporal decide to leave?

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