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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the Germans in the village like?
(a) Unobtrusive
(b) They were easily walked over.
(c) They were sadistic.
(d) They were tyrants.

2. What does the widow know about Jo's father?
(a) She knows he is dead.
(b) She knows that he is a vegetarian.
(c) She knows he is a prisoner-of-war.
(d) She knows that he is coming home soon.

3. Who came to help Jo?
(a) Nobody
(b) The children
(c) Everyone in the town-even mothers and children
(d) The men in the town came to help with their dogs.

4. Why was Jo able to go to the widow's house?
(a) Hubert came along and watched the sheep for him.
(b) His mother gave him the afternoon off.
(c) His grandfather sent him up on an errand.
(d) He played hooky from school.

5. How would Benjamin disguise himself at the farm?
(a) He wore a mask.
(b) He would put the widow's shawl over his head.
(c) He dressed like a vagabond.
(d) He shaved his head and dirtied his face.

6. Who was Christine?
(a) Jo's little sister
(b) The schoolteacher
(c) The neighbor
(d) The leader of the children

7. What did the man agree to do?
(a) Help Jo get a job
(b) Help the cub live
(c) Drive the boy back to the village
(d) Leave the area

8. Where did Jo think Benjamin and Leah might be hiding if they hadn't been caught?
(a) Behind a tree
(b) In the water
(c) In Papa's hut
(d) In some bushes

9. why did Jo go back to the widow's house?
(a) He wanted to hear more stories.
(b) He wanted to check on the bear cub.
(c) He wanted to warn her about the German soldiers.
(d) He wanted to see the girl.

10. What does the man make the boy promise?
(a) That he will never goe up that high in the mountain again
(b) To never mention him or the incident
(c) That he will check the bear cub daily
(d) That he will work hard until he is the boss

11. Why is the man hiding?
(a) He made people angry, and they want to kill him.
(b) He has some valuables he is protecting for someone else.
(c) He is a Jew.
(d) He is a criminal on the run.

12. Where did Jo find the shoe?
(a) On the street
(b) In the creek
(c) In the yard
(d) In the barn

13. What were Jo's nightmares about?
(a) Fires
(b) His father
(c) Jewish children
(d) Bears and soldiers

14. Where were Benjamin and Leah hiding?
(a) In the swamp
(b) Up in a tree
(c) In an abandoned car
(d) In a cave by the stream that they used as a donkey shed

15. Who had sent the family a letter?
(a) The Widow
(b) Jo's dad
(c) Anya
(d) The corporal

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the situation make Benjamin determined to do?

2. What do Benjamin and the widow need?

3. Who helped Jo with the sheep after the soldiers came to town?

4. Who comes back to visit the man?

5. Where was Jo's father?

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