View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters feels the most comfortable with the visit to Uncle Henrik?

2. What is the name of Henrik's cow?

3. Where does Annemarie see Uncle Henrik go in the morning in Chapter 8?

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

5. Why does Annemarie tell Ellen to take a specific item she is wearing off in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the people survive the cold while the electricity has been rationed?

2. Why do you think Annemarie does not know what happened to her sister when she died?

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

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

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

6. How do Annemarie and Ellen know that their parents are not telling the truth about Mrs. Hirsch when they say she has gone on a vacation to the seashore?

7. How does Ellen offer to fix Kirsti's shoes?

8. What do Ellen and Annemarie resolve not to tell their mothers in Chapter 1?

9. Why does Papa agree it would be better if Mama takes the girls alone to Uncle Henrik's house?

10. How does Uncle Henrik tell Annemarie it is easier to be brave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how the empty apartments must make the remaining residents.

Essay Topic 2

Describe how Annemarie's concept and understanding of how to be heroic progress throughout the novel. Include specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay contrasting the fairy tale world and the actual events surrounding Ellen and Annemarie. Be sure to use specific examples from the story to support your contrasts.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 586 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample