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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 does Anna's father go at the beginning of Chapter 10?

2. What is the name of the female child who is Anna's age?

3. Where is the place where Anna's family moves in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 5, who do they find out will not be joining them?

5. What does the inspector do after he looks at their things?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is there some tension between Anna and Vreneli?

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

4. Who comes home from school with Anna and her sibling, and what do they do?

5. What train does Anna and her family board and what happens in Germany that day? How do the Nazis use that event?

6. How does Anna like school in Switerland, who are her friends and with whom does she prefer to play?

7. Who is the first character introduced in the book, what year is it, how old is she and where does she live? Who is her sibling?

8. Where does Anna's mother say they will probably go, what do Anna and Max tell the other children about their father and where does their father arrive safely?

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

10. What happens to Anna's father in Chapter 1 and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 2

Anna is upset that she cannot find her father. Eventually Anna's mother explains to her and Max that their father has left for Prague because he fears that if the Nazis win the upcoming election he would be in danger, along with his family. Anna's mother swears her children to secrecy. They must tell no one where he has gone.

1. How do you think it affects a nine year old girl who cannot find her father who is normally there? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think at nine years old Anna was old enough to understand the danger her father might face? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Do you think it was wise for Anna's mother to tell her children the truth and swear them to secrecy? Does it seem difficult to imagine children that age being able to keep such a big secret? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of individual freedom in the book. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess individual freedom? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of tradition in the text. What is Anna's father view of tradition? Anna's mother? Anna's? Why is tradition important to some characters? Is anyone willing to abandon traditional viewpoints? Who? What are the positive and negative sides to holding fast to tradition?

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