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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. What do Anna and Max have to do when they start school in Switzerland?
(a) Take a placement exam.
(b) Wear a uniform.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Learn the Swiss-German dialect.

2. What does Anna's mother order her and Max to do while they are being checked?
(a) Go to the restroom.
(b) Smile at the official.
(c) Be silent.
(d) Ask the inspector a question to distract him.

3. Who is Max's friend at school?
(a) Friedrich.
(b) Wilhem.
(c) Benjamin.
(d) Gunther.

4. How does Hitler take over the government in Germany?
(a) He has assassinated all opposition.
(b) He has a majority.
(c) He has an army.
(d) He has a plan for conquering the world.

5. How does Anna feel about her new school?
(a) She enjoys it.
(b) She mildly likes it.
(c) She hates it.
(d) She is indifferent to it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of person is Anna's grandmother?

2. Where does Anna's father think they might go if they leave Switzerland?

3. What color of hair does the boy who chases her have?

4. What does Anna hear her mother talking about with her grandmother?

5. Who will check their passports when the train stops?

Short Essay Questions

1. What birthday does Anna have in Chapter 8, how does she celebrate and how does that go?

2. What must Anna and Max do before they leave?

3. How does Anna's father feel when he returns from Paris and why? What does he want to do and how does Anna's mother feel about that?

4. In what city are Anna and her family's passports checked, and why might this be dangerous?

5. What does Anna's father explain to her about Switzerland and his work and what does he and Anna decide they are?

6. What is the family doing at the beginning of Chapter 3 and who helps them?

7. Why is her family famous?

8. How do Anna and Max experience anti-Semitism in school?

9. Why does Anna fight with her teacher, who gives her a hard time and what does her mother do?

10. How is Max doing in school and with whom does he spend his time playing?

(see the answer keys)

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