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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 17, when does Friedrich remember first hearing Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring?

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

3. In Part One, Chapter 21, how long does Uncle Gunter say that sentences have been at the concentration camp where Martin has been taken?

4. Where does Friedrich have a birthmark?

5. What are the names of the soldiers who stop Friedrich in Part One, Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part One, Chapter 1, what does Friedrich's father plan to do now that he has retired?

2. How does Mike find time to play the piano in Part Two, Chapter 2?

3. In Chapter 16, why does Rudolph leave instead of playing music with Martin and a friend?

4. At the beginning of The Untitled Opening Section, what does one boy do while his friends play?

5. Why do Mr. Golding and Mr. Howard visit Bishop/'s in Part Two, Chapter 6?

6. In Part Two, Chapter 5, how does Frankie think they might leave the orphanage?

7. What does Friedrich write Elisabeth at the end of Chapter 22?

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

Hitler’s purity laws and the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany are discussed in Part One of the novel. What does the author convey about racial discrimination through Part One of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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