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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. How old is Anton?

2. What does Patty learn about the Nazi party in Chapter 6?

3. What would Grandma Fried like for Patty to do?

4. What does Mr. Bergen think should happen to all German prisoners of war?

5. What is Patty's opinion of Anton?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anton decide to leave the safety of the Bergen's garage?

2. Describe Patty Bergen.

3. Why does Mr. Bergen treat Patty differently in Chapter 16?

4. Why does Anton give Patty a gift before he leaves?

5. What assistance does Patty give Anton in Chapter 8?

6. How is abuse affecting the Bergen family?

7. What social rules does Patty break in talking to Anton?

8. Why does Patty speak to Anton, a prisoner, in Chapter 3?

9. Why does Patty visit Edna Louise in Chapter 4?

10. Why does Grandma Fried tell Patty she has nothing to apologize for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What unspoken rules of society does Patty break and how does her error affect her character? Who sets these unspoken rules of society and how are they enforced? What effect might ignoring, or repeatedly breaking, the unspoken rules of society have on Patty's character?

Essay Topic 2

How are the roles of good and evil defined in the novel? According to the townspeople, who or what is "good" and "evil", and why? According to Patty, who or what is "good" and "evil", and why? How do the townspeople's definitions of good and evil differ from Patty's definitions of good and evil?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Patty copes with loss in the novel. Which characters does she feel like she has lost and how does she react to those losses? How does loss affect Patty's character?

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