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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way has Peter changed since Lise has been gone?
(a) He's become more serious.
(b) He's become unhappy with life.
(c) He's become angry with life.
(d) He's become distraught.

2. What was the main course of the first dinner at Uncle Henrik's house?
(a) Fish.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Salad.
(d) Beef.

3. Which of the following is a famous storyteller who was also a Dane?
(a) Mother Goose.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Brothers Grimm.
(d) Hans Christian Anderson.

4. What does Annemarie's mother do when the soldiers come in Chapter 5 that she has not done at night since they were forced to ration electricity?
(a) Offers to make coffee for the soldiers.
(b) Light candles in the living room.
(c) Turn on every light in the house.
(d) Turn on the lights in the living room.

5. For what does Henrik tell Mama in Chapter 8 that the next day will be good?
(a) Moving.
(b) Traveling back home.
(c) Fishing.
(d) A funeral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the German soldiers suspicious that Ellen is not who she says she is?

2. Where does Annemarie's mother tell Annemarie that Mrs. Hirsch probably went?

3. Which of the following is the best definition for a trousseau?

4. Which word below best describes how Annemarie feels in her house the first night Ellen sleeps over after her parents leave?

5. What was the name of the king of Denmark's horse?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Annemarie find out the fireworks were not for Kirsti's birthday?

2. Why do the German Soldiers seem a normal part of life to Kirsti?

3. Why hadn't the king protected the people of Denmark from the German soldiers, according to Annemarie's father?

4. What happens to most of the milk Uncle Henrik gathers from the cow?

5. Why does Mrs. Rosen tell the girls in Chapter 1 that it is safer to avoid the German soldiers?

6. Why does Annemarie think she and Kirsti are lucky?

7. What will happen to all of the people on the Nazi's list?

8. For what is Annemarie told in Chapter 8 that the living room was prepared?

9. Why do you think Papa speaks to Henrik on the phone in code?

10. To whom does Annemarie realize she is inadvertently lying in Chapter 9?

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