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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. What does a Jewish actor bring to Anna's family that belonged to Onkel?

2. What is everyone in Anna's household doing in Chapter 20?

3. How long has Sarah been living in France?

4. What knowledge did the woman in question #97 not use much before so many refugees came to France?

5. In what kind of class is Anna?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what family does Anna's family spend time and why?

2. What does Francine do with Anna when they visit and what does Anna do that pleases her Aunt Sarah?

3. With is Anna's mother learning to do and with what does she have some problems?

4. What is the gist of the good and bad news that comes in Chapter 23?

5. What is the problem with the gift Anna's father bought her mother and what do they try to do?

6. How is the family's first Christmas in Paris and why is it that way?

7. What relative does Anna's mother take her to see and why is communication difficult? Why is that relative in France?

8. Who is the children's new teacher, and how has that teacher's life changed?

9. What is Anna's class like and how are her first attempts at her school assignments?

10. With reflection, what does Anna decide about her childhood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The German Parliament house, the Reichstag, is burned down. The Nazis use the event to claim that only they could stop the "revolutionaries."

1. Do you think there is a chance the Nazis themselves burned down the Reichstag? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think the Nazis statement about stopping the revolutionaries seem to correlate to the Federal government of America enacting laws to "stop terrorism"? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Why do you think people are willing to give government more power when they are afraid? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

There are six major characters in this story. Choose one of the following questions in a well-developed, cohesive essay using examples from the text and your research or personal experience:

1. Compare and contrast Anna and Max.

2. Compare and contrast Anna's father with Onkel Julius.

3. Compare and contrast Frau Zwirn with Anna's mother.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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