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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. What does Kristallnacht mean?
(a) The last night of life.
(b) The night of broken glass.
(c) The fire dancing bright.
(d) The night of dance.

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

3. What does Rosa tell Daniel about the man who lives near her apartment?
(a) He hurts his children.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He steals bread from his children.
(d) He beats her.

4. What happens to Daniel's father's store the day after Kristallnacht?
(a) It is locked down.
(b) It is looted.
(c) It is abandoned.
(d) It is bombed.

5. After summer break, Daniel returns to school. What new law is passed for Jews?
(a) They must wear a yellow star with the word Jew on them.
(b) They must wear yellow stars with the word Jew on them.
(c) They must wear yellow stars with the letter J on them.
(d) They must wear a yellow stars with the word Israel on them.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the last meeting in the courtyard, what does Erika tell Rosa and Daniel to do when confronted with so much hate?

2. What does Erika do to help Rosa and the other workers?

3. What bizarre outfit did Daniel's Oma Miriam give him?

4. According to Daniel's teacher, why is Daniel always in trouble?

5. After Uncle Peter's death, what happens to Daniel's marks in school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Once more a member of Daniel's family tries to convince others to leave Germany. What is significant about Uncle Aaron's plea with Uncle Peter and Daniel's parents?

3. How does Daniel's inability to promise Rosa he will hide when his family's deportation papers come demonstrate his love for them?

4. What does the Hitler Youth uniform Oma Miriam makes for Daniel symbolize?

5. 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?

6. What is significant about the Brown Shirt boycott of Daniel's father's store?

7. In what ways is Erika playing in an orchestra not normal for Daniel's family?

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

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

10. What does Daniel's family's delousing of their clothing and bedding and the parents' attempts to give them a balanced diet mean to the overall plot?

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