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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 12-34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Bonnie and Elli go to swim?
(a) A neighbor's pool.
(b) An ocean.
(c) The Danube.
(d) The town pool.

2. How does Bubi manage to return from Budapest after the story breaks in the papers?
(a) Bubi's father gets him.
(b) Another father from the town helps Bubi.
(c) Bubi doesn't return.
(d) Bubi returns on his own.

3. How does Laura demonstrate affection?
(a) Laura writes her children notes.
(b) Laura gives lots of hugs and kisses.
(c) Laura is not demonstrative with affection.
(d) Laura reads stories at night.

4. At the start of the book, why do the Hungarian police bother Elli's family?
(a) The police know the family has hidden money.
(b) The police do not like Elli's father.
(c) The police know that Bubi is smart.
(d) The police have complete control over the Jewish population.

5. What does Elli's father show her in the basement?
(a) Where he hid her yellow bicycle.
(b) Where to hide from soldiers.
(c) Where to keep her poetry and money.
(d) Where he buried the family's valuable jewelry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Elli not have the chance to graduate?

2. At the start of the book, how does Elli spend her days?

3. Why does Elli's father think ambition is a desirable trait?

4. How old is Elli as the story opens?

5. What is the setting as the story opens?

(see the answer key)

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