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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Patty feel pretty?
(a) Her new dress.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her necklace.
(d) Her hair.

2. What happens at dinner in Chapter 7?
(a) Mr. Bergen screams at Patty.
(b) Mrs. Bergen screams at Patty.
(c) Mr. Bergen screams at Mrs. Bergen.
(d) Mrs. Bergen screams at Mr. Bergen.

3. How does Patty's mother treat her on a consistent basis?
(a) With calculated manipulation.
(b) With firm kindness.
(c) With fluctuating emotion.
(d) With a cold, violent temper.

4. How does Patty feel about being at her grandparents' house?
(a) She enjoys their company.
(b) She is nervous around her grandparents.
(c) She is bored.
(d) She is afraid of Grandpa Fried.

5. How does Patty react to Mr. and Mrs. Bergen's argument in Chapter 7?
(a) She hides in her room.
(b) She runs to her hideout.
(c) She screams.
(d) She vomits.

6. What is Patty's ethnic heritage?
(a) Irish.
(b) Israeli.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Germans.

7. Who do the Germans remind Patty of?
(a) A crew from the Public Works Department.
(b) Soldiers on parade.
(c) The local high school football team.
(d) A box of old tin soldiers.

8. What do Mr. and Mrs. Bergen argue about in Chapter 7?
(a) The German prisoners.
(b) The war.
(c) Patty's hair.
(d) The store's inventory.

9. Who is Sister Parker?
(a) Mrs. Bergen's best friend.
(b) The pastor's wife.
(c) A sales clerk.
(d) Mrs. Bergen's housekeeper.

10. Who does Patty lie to in Chapter 9?
(a) Anton.
(b) The FBI.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Edna Louise.

11. Where is "Summer of My German Soldier" set?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Washington.
(c) Germany.
(d) Wyoming.

12. In Chapter 8, who does Patty see in her hideout?
(a) Her father.
(b) A stranger.
(c) Anton.
(d) Edna Louise.

13. Why does Patty decide to obey her mother in Chapter 6?
(a) Her father threatens to beat her.
(b) Being alone at home is better than being shunned at the store.
(c) She does not want her sister to get dirty.
(d) She hopes she will see Anton.

14. Who do Patty and Charlene visit in Chapter 9?
(a) Patty's grandmother.
(b) Anton.
(c) Edna Louise.
(d) The warden of the prison camp.

15. What area does Patty clean and fix up for herself?
(a) A room at her grandmother's house.
(b) A corner on Edna Louise's back porch.
(c) A corner closet in the stockroom.
(d) Her hideout.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Patty lie to Sister Parker?

2. What does Patty pray for in Chapter 3?

3. Where is Patty's hideout?

4. What does Patty do after breakfast in Chapter 8?

5. Why is Patty willing to help Anton?

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