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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. What does Mrs. Rosen insist Annemarie and Ellen do on their way to school the day after being stopped by the German soldiers?

2. Which word describes best how Ellen feels at the end of Chapter 5?

3. Which character sleeps through the entire invasion of the soldiers into the home?

4. Who was Lise engaged to?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Annemarie point out to Ellen as her Uncle had once pointed out to her?

3. What does Annemarie realize when Papa makes a joke about Lise's hair?

4. Why is Annemarie confused by Henrik announcing that tomorrow would be a good day for fishing?

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

6. What does Annemarie promise about Ellen's Star of David necklace in Chapter 7?

7. What had happened to Norway when they fought the Nazis?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing how Annemarie must feel learning that her sister was a member of the Resistance.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about heroism. Choose at least five characters and write how they demonstrate heroism. Use specific examples from the text to support your answers and essay.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing how at least two characters from the novel display a sense of pride through trying circumstances. Be sure to use specific examples from the novel to support your description.

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