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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 Oma Miriam do after Daniel's bar mitzvah?
2. When Daniel and his family get off the train after leaving their home, where are they?
3. What do Rosa and Erika do for work?
4. Who introduces Rosa to Daniel?
5. What does Daniel say had saved his life while living in Lodz?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. Why was Daniel in a rush to take the picture of Erika and Rosa another important part of chapter eight?
4. What is the importance of keeping Erika's violin in the cupboard with the radio?
5. What is the significance of sending Uncle Peter's ashes to his family?
6. What does the Hitler Youth uniform Oma Miriam makes for Daniel symbolize?
7. How does Daniel's inability to promise Rosa he will hide when his family's deportation papers come demonstrate his love for them?
8. What is the significance of Daniel being able to identify the pictures by feel?
9. Why is the scene with Daniel and his friends skirmish with the Hitler Youth boys important to the story?
10. What does Daniel mean when he says that Rosa's smile was an act of defiance?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the theme of wisdom portrayed in the novel? What character(s) symbolize wisdom?
Essay Topic 2
How does Daniel's depression after Uncle Peter's death mirror how the Jewish people all over Germany felt? What is similar? How does Daniel's few of his studies also mirror the hopelessness and bleak feelings of others during this time?Use the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
How does the condition of Daniel's photos represents how the family longs for what they have lost? Use the text to support your answer.
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