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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. Whom does Daniel have to work up the courage to ask for a picture?
(a) Uncle Ned.
(b) Oma Miriam.
(c) His mother.
(d) Rosa.

2. On March 30, 1933, what do Daniel's Uncle Walter and Uncle Peter argue about?
(a) Beer.
(b) Religion.
(c) Money.
(d) Leaving Germany.

3. What does Daniel's father decide to do when they get their transport notices in July 1944?
(a) To wait.
(b) To fight.
(c) To hide.
(d) To go.

4. Who introduces Rosa to Daniel?
(a) Erika.
(b) Fredrich.
(c) His uncle.
(d) Another worker.

5. What is Daniel's family doing the first time he met Rosa?
(a) Praying.
(b) Delousing their clothes.
(c) Eating dinner.
(d) Working.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Uncle Peter and other Jewish professors?

3. In July 1944, what event do the some Germans try unsuccessfully?

4. In Daniel's photograph from May 1944, where are Rosa and Erika standing?

5. Because it is so cold during the winter of 1943, what happens to the walls in Daniel's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the photograph of Rosa symbolize?

2. Why does Auntie Leah decide not to leave her two girls?

3. Why was Daniel in a rush to take the picture of Erika and Rosa another important part of chapter eight?

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

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

6. What does Daniel's photo album come to represent for him?

7. What is significant about Rosa and Daniel teaching the father a lesson about stealing bread from his children?

8. Why does Daniel's father insist they carry their belongings with them instead of doing what the Germans said and putting their belongings in the wagon?

9. The day after the Brown Shirt incident, Uncle Peter comes to take a picture of the word, Jew sprayed on Daniel's father's store. Why is this action of importance that it should be photographed?

10. What does Daniel mean when he says that Rosa's smile was an act of defiance?

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