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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Grandpere talking with the German soldier about?
(a) His son in the prison camp
(b) They had most likely fought against each other when they were young.
(c) Camping
(d) What to do about Jo

2. Why was Rouf barking?
(a) One of the sheep was drowning.
(b) Strangers were coming near the field.
(c) The sheep were all wandering off.
(d) A bear was coming by the sheep.

3. Where did Grandpere hide the hunting rifle?
(a) In a tomb
(b) In a cave
(c) He didn't. He turned it in.
(d) Under the floorboards in his house.

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

5. How often did Jo get to see the children in the barn?
(a) He wasn't allowed to see them.
(b) Once a week
(c) Twice a month
(d) Daily

6. What was unique about Hubert?
(a) He had six fingers on each hand.
(b) He was a giant with the mind of a child.
(c) He was brilliant.
(d) He was orphaned when he was very young, and he raised himself.

7. What game did the children like playing with Hubert?
(a) He let them climb on him at playtime and try to keep him down.
(b) Keep Away
(c) Chess
(d) Tic Tac Toe

8. What did Laurent find on the class field trip?
(a) Leah's shoe
(b) A plant the teacher couldn't identify
(c) A bear print.
(d) An eagle

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

10. Where did the man live?
(a) In a tent in the woods
(b) At Widow Horcada's farm
(c) In the village
(d) In a cabin by the stream

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

12. What payment would Jo receive for his work?
(a) Nothing
(b) Pigs
(c) Honey
(d) Coins

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

14. Why hadn't Benjamin come home?
(a) He wanted to search around for Anya.
(b) He was lost.
(c) He hurt his ankle.
(d) He wanted to find food first.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Jo find at the widow's house when he went to warn her about the home inspections?

2. Where was the man from?

3. What did Hubert make in the back of the classroom?

4. What new rule did the Germans initiate in the town when they moved in?

5. How did Jo know where to go?

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