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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the widow need more supplies?
(a) There were now five children to look after.
(b) Leah ate a lot of food.
(c) The food kept rotting.
(d) The soldiers kept taking her food.

2. How old was Jo when the book began?
(a) 12
(b) 5
(c) 15
(d) 8

3. What did Grandpere bring home from Widow Horcada's?
(a) Money
(b) Eggs
(c) Pigs
(d) Honey

4. What did the strange man bring?
(a) A first-aid kit
(b) Meat for Rouf
(c) Nothing
(d) Milk for the cub

5. Why did Jo have to hurry to find Benjamin?
(a) There were only a few hours of daylight left.
(b) He knew Benjamin might be dying somewhere.
(c) They were going to be late for a meeting.
(d) He had to get home before curfew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why hadn't Benjamin come home?

2. How would Benjamin disguise himself at the farm?

3. What relationship does the man have to the widow?

4. Why were the Germans setting all the rules?

5. Who did Jo encounter as he looked for Benjamin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Madam Horcada comes into town?

2. What does Jo have to prove to the widow, and how does he prove it when questioned about what he saw in the barn?

3. Why does Jo promise to keep Benjamin and Leah as a secret?

4. What job did Jo do , and what advice did his father give him regarding the job?

5. Why didn't Benjamin and Leah come home?

6. Why does Jo go up to the widow's house and what does he overhear?

7. Why was Benjamin waiting at the farm?

8. What did the villagers have to do when the Germans arrived?

9. How does Grandfather react to the German's request?

10. What happens to Jo when he goes to warn Madame Horcada?

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