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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Jewish children blend in with the villagers?
(a) They spoke French.
(b) They dressed up like sheep.
(c) They laughed and made noise.
(d) They didn't.

2. What reputation did Auschwitz have?
(a) It treated prisoners well.
(b) It was more like a hotel than a camp.
(c) It was a labor camp.
(d) It was a death camp.

3. Where does Papa spend the summer?
(a) On a boat
(b) Back in the work camp
(c) In Spain
(d) In the cabin on the mountain

4. What did the Germans find in the house searches?
(a) Nothing at all
(b) Several Jews
(c) Just some unusable rifles
(d) Some hidden war criminals

5. What did Jo's family often do on Sundays?
(a) They went to the graveyard.
(b) They explored the caves.
(c) They hiked in the mountains.
(d) They had a picnic.

6. Why was Jo worried about what the Corporal would see?
(a) He thought the Corporal would get confused.
(b) He would know that women and children don't go to drive sheep up a mountain.
(c) He thought the Corporal would turn in the Jews.
(d) He thought the Corporal would blame him.

7. What did the Corporal talk to the soldiers about?
(a) The eagles and the nest
(b) How much he liked the villagers
(c) Old Germany
(d) The previous war

8. How did Grandpere know about the hiding place?
(a) His father used it for smuggling alcohol over the border.
(b) He hid there during the first war.
(c) Madame Horcada showed it to him.
(d) He found it while hunting.

9. What did the Corporal do when he saw Jo looking scared by the cabin?
(a) He asked him if he was all right.
(b) He called the soldier back saying it was time to leave.
(c) He ran to get Jo a chair.
(d) He immediately went to inspect the cabin.

10. What is Jo supposed to do to look natural for the soldiers?
(a) Read a book
(b) Start cooking
(c) Start doing chores
(d) Eat

11. Where did Jo go with the Corporal?
(a) To church
(b) He went to look for eagles.
(c) To the store
(d) To the Corporal's home

12. Who was the "stranger" in Jo's home?
(a) His father
(b) The Corporal
(c) Benjamin
(d) His teacher

13. Where did Hubert take Jo after they left the school?
(a) To Madame Horcada's house
(b) The mountain
(c) The store
(d) The Square

14. What was Papa like when he came home at curfew each night?
(a) He was angry and loud.
(b) He was triumphant that he got away with breaking the rules.
(c) He was nervous.
(d) He was drunk and brooding.

15. What did Madame Horcada say about Maman?
(a) She had no gumption.
(b) She had spirit.
(c) She was a fine woman.
(d) She was too withdrawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Papa, who would divide the animals in the evening?

2. What did Hubert do as Jo was passing by the soldiers?

3. Who did Grandpere bring to meet Jo at the family visit?

4. What vehicle did Benjamin take when he left?

5. Why was Hubert dancing and playing his drum?

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