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

2. Who goes with Daniel and Erika to the first meeting of Rosa's group?
(a) Mary.
(b) Mother.
(c) Father.
(d) Fredrich.

3. According to Daniel's teacher, why is Daniel always in trouble?
(a) He's a boy.
(b) He's Jewish.
(c) He's a natural troublemaker.
(d) He's from Poland.

4. What does Daniel say had saved his life while living in Lodz?
(a) His boots.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) Soup.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosa want Daniel to promise her if deportation begins?

2. Which uncle refuses to listen to Daniel's father about being prudent in Lodz?

3. What do Rosa and Erika do for work?

4. How old is Daniel when he meets Rosa?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What significance does Oma Miriam's death have on Daniel?

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

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

5. How does tradition and the fact that Daniel's family has been in Germany for over a thousand years affect his parents' decisions about emigrating?

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

7. What is the emotional impact of other countries refusal to accept Jews on Daniel's family?

8. 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?

9. What does Daniel mean when he says, "Yes, I can see from going through these pictures how it all started slowly and then got worse and worse and how the German people didn't try to stop it and how slowly all our rights were taken away until we were nothing but bodies being shipped out."

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

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