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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 did Dientje bring Miss Kleinhoonte to eat when she came to visit the girls?

2. In Chapter 9, where were the Americans and the British fighting?

3. What was the only thing Les wrote about when he wrote Rachel?

4. In Chapter 10, what did the Germans take?

5. In Chapter 7, what was the terrible thing that Opoe said had happened?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news did Miss Kleinhoonte bring the girls when she visited in Chapter 8?

2. Why did Dientje have to have her niece visit?

3. Why did Annie get mad at Rachel when she visited?

4. What did Johan do at the bleachworks?

5. Why didn’t Sini and Annie go back with Rachel when she came to get them?

6. Why wasn’t Groothuis surprised to learn that the Oostervelds had sheltered Jews?

7. How did the Germans get men to work for them?

8. What happened to Mimi and the other Jews who were staying with a farmer?

9. What did Mr. Hannink want Johan to do in Chapter 10?

10. What happened when Johan let the girls go outside?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 11, Sini refused to hide any longer. What happened to Sini that made her refuse to hide? What did she insist on getting? What did she do that allowed her not to hide?

Essay Topic 2

By Chapter 3, Les was desperately seeking a place to hide for himself and his family. What was happening that made Les feel that he and his family had to go into hiding? What lengths did he go to find hiding places? Why did he think it was better to be separated than to stay in their home? Why did he feel that hiding was more important than staying with Sophie?

Essay Topic 3

Both Uncle Phil and Rachel refused to go into hiding because of dietary laws. What dietary laws kept them from going into hiding? Was Uncle Phil resisting going into hiding for himself or someone else? Did he seem to think that eating kosher was more important than life? Was Rachel resisting going into hiding for herself or someone else? Why did she seem to think it important that her mother have kosher food?

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