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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 mother think the family may end up for a while?

2. What does Anna's mother order her and Max to do while they are being checked?

3. How does Hitler take over the government in Germany?

4. What does Anna and Max call their grandmother?

5. Where does Anna's grandmother live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anna's father tell her about her behavior and what do they learn about the German government and her father?

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

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

4. What almost ruins the family's trip to Paris and what do they think might be the reason?

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. Why is her family famous?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit", identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in the book. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

1. Research pre-WWII Germany and learn about the legal, political and human resistance to Hitler's growing repression and control of Germany. Do you think Anna's father taking his family out of Germany was a form of resistance? Why or why not? Use examples from "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and your own life to support your answer.

2. How much resistance is offered? Who offered the most--religious institutions? Social institutions? Political groups? Use examples from the text, research and your own life to support your answer.

3. How do the educational, social and religious institutions oppose Hitler? Are there Protests? Legal injunctions? Elections? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

4. Why do you think those groups/individuals fail to halt Hitler's advance to power? Use examples from "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and your own life to support your answer.

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