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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. In Part One, Chapter 1, what did Friedrich's father do long ago?

2. In Part One, Chapter 1, what does Uncle Gunter play?

3. In Part One, Chapter 4, how tall is the A-frame ladder at the factory?

4. When Otto bought the book he reads to the sisters, what did the person who sold it to him also give him?

5. In Part One, Chapter 5, with whom does Friedrich eat his lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Otto is lost in the woods in The Untitled Opening Section, what does he remember about dangers in the woods?

2. What is the emblem for the harmonica factory, and why might it have to be removed?

3. In Part Two, Chapter 11, what happens when Mr. Howard takes Frankie and Mike to Highlander's Department Store?

4. What does Elisabeth say about her childhood in Part One, Chapter 10?

5. Why is there a birth certificate that says that Friedrich died?

6. What does a midwife do in the story that Otto reads?

7. In Part One, Chapter 2, what does Friedrich look like?

8. In Part Two, Chapter 4, why does Mouse say that Bishop's is a work mill?

9. Why does Mrs. von Gerber visit in Chapter 22?

10. In Chapter 21, what is learned about Martin's fate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several symbols of hope in the novel. What are these symbols and how do they bring hope?

Essay Topic 2

Both Elisabeth and Mike have to be responsible for younger siblings. How are the responsibilities that Mike and Elisabeth have similar and why their actions are so important in preserving what is left of their families?

Essay Topic 3

The midwife in the untitled first section of the novel proclaims a prophecy when she leaves each of the princesses with the witch. How does the prophecy apply to Otto, Friedrich, Mike, and Ivy as well as the princesses?

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