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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the handkerchief coated with?
(a) Meat smell.
(b) A special drug.
(c) Dog treats.
(d) Nasal spray.

2. In what does Mama wrap the baby in Chapter 11?
(a) Annemarie's jacket.
(b) A blanket.
(c) Kirsti's sweater.
(d) A coat.

3. Where does Annemarie assume the Rosens will be taken in Chapter 11?
(a) Sweden.
(b) United States.
(c) Germany.
(d) Netherlands.

4. Why does Peter tell the group in Chapter 11 that they will need warm clothes?
(a) They will have to travel by horse.
(b) They will be outside for a long time.
(c) Their trip will be cold.
(d) The boat has no heat.

5. What does Peter announce once the psalm has been read in Chapter 10?
(a) That they all must hide.
(b) That it is time.
(c) That the soldiers are returning.
(d) That he must leave.

6. Which character reads a psalm for all those gathered once the German soldiers leave Uncle Henrik's house?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Annemarie.
(c) Mama.
(d) Peter.

7. What does Kirsti wonder about Ellen in Chapter 16?
(a) Why she left her parents.
(b) When she will come back.
(c) When she will go with her.
(d) Where she went.

8. Why did the baby need to be drugged according to Henrik?
(a) So that it could rest.
(b) So that it would not make noise.
(c) So it was not afraid of the dark.
(d) So that it did not become sea sick.

9. Why does Annemarie say her Uncle won't eat fish?
(a) He is a bad fisherman.
(b) He's sick of the smell.
(c) He's allergic.
(d) The German's take all of the fish.

10. What are the German soldiers holding when Annemarie first sees them when she is on her way to deliver a package to her uncle's boat?
(a) A basket filled with food.
(b) The Rosens.
(c) Dogs on leashes.
(d) Nothing.

11. What childhood story does Annemarie tell herself on the trip to her Uncle's boat to deliver a package?
(a) Little Red Riding Hood.
(b) Jack and the Beanstalk.
(c) Snow White.
(d) Cinderella.

12. When does Henrik leave for his boat in Chapter 10?
(a) After guests arrive but before the Rosens arrive.
(b) Before everyone arrives.
(c) After everyone arrives.
(d) In the middle of the mourning.

13. Annemarie is afraid of the German soldiers in the woods instead of which dangerous animals?
(a) Mountain lions.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Bears.
(d) Wolves.

14. What does Annemarie do when she comes upon the German soldiers in Chapter 15?
(a) Looks down and away from them.
(b) Ignores them.
(c) Asks them to help her.
(d) Wishes them good morning.

15. What does the German soldier ask Mama about the coffin in Chapter 10?
(a) Who is in it.
(b) Why it is in the living room.
(c) Where it will be buried.
(d) Why it is closed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the German soldier tell Annemarie that the dogs smell in the basket?

2. Where is the character who dies at the end of the book buried?

3. Why are many of the apartments in Annemarie's neighborhood empty?

4. Which character slips on a loose step outside of the kitchen door?

5. Who was the character of Peter based upon in real-life?

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