View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Uncle Peter's death, what happens to Daniel's marks in school?
(a) They drop.
(b) They soar.
(c) They go up and down.
(d) They remain the same.

2. Where do Daniel's family have to clean their bodies?
(a) The sink.
(b) A bucket.
(c) The tub.
(d) A centralized shower.

3. What happens to Rosa and her family the summer of 1944?
(a) They are killed.
(b) They are separated.
(c) They are deported.
(d) They move into Friedrich's apartment.

4. What news comes in October that scares Daniel?
(a) His family is deported.
(b) His family is emigrating to the United States.
(c) His family is being sent to a concentration camp.
(d) His family is being arrested.

5. What book does Daniel take from the shelf at Rosa's group meeting place?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) The Magic Mountain.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 7, who is in the photo?

2. What happens to Rosa and other workers who refuse to eat their soup at the sewing factory?

3. What does Oma Miriam write in her note to Daniel's family?

4. After Daniel's first day at his new school, what is his mother is upset about?

5. About a month after Oma Miriam dies, what is in the box sent to Daniel's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the radio important to Daniel's family?

2. How does Uncle Peter's death affect Daniel?

3. Why does Daniel not react when he and Fredrich find the elderly man dead in his apartment?

4. What purpose does the character of Mr. Schneider serve to the overall plot?

5. Why is Erika statement, "But maybe if we can hold out long enough, the war will end before they have a chance to kill us" important to the theme of chapter six?

6. Why does Daniel say the Gestapo officer saw them as only insects?

7. What does the photograph of Rosa symbolize?

8. What is most important about the two photographs Daniel recalls in chapter two?

9. What is the significance of Daniel being able to identify the pictures by feel?

10. Why is the scene with Daniel and his friends skirmish with the Hitler Youth boys important to the story?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,140 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample