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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. How did Jo's sister react to the stranger?
(a) She was scared of him at first.
(b) She wouldn't stay in the same room as him.
(c) She ran up to him and hugged him.
(d) She wanted to stay right next to him.

2. How did the villagers treat the soldiers after Benjamin left?
(a) With hostility
(b) They declared themselves eternal friends.
(c) They ignored the soldiers.
(d) They were very affectionate.

3. How did Hubert help the cave children mingle with the village children?
(a) He told them stories.
(b) He made them hold hands.
(c) They all liked to climb on him.
(d) He made them work together.

4. Why didn't the patrol see the person at the edge of the woods?
(a) They were distracted by a bear.
(b) The Corporal called out to them.
(c) He was very well hidden.
(d) They were distracted by the eagle.

5. How did Laurent feel about his own father?
(a) He thought his father was dead.
(b) He loved him as a hero.
(c) He really missed him.
(d) He didn't like him and didn't want his father to come home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What toy did Jo recognize?

2. What did Madame Horcada say about Maman?

3. Why was Grandpere upset?

4. Who did Jo see crouching at the edge of the woods?

5. What did Jo do to escape from the pain the war left him with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the border is in sight?

2. Why does the Corporal decide to leave?

3. Why is the time of year significant to the plan for the children's escape?

4. What is Jo's father's personality like when he gets back home?

5. How do the Germans respond to the sheep herding?

6. What happened to the German troops when the war ended?

7. What happened to the bear that Benjamin raised?

8. What is unnerving about moving up the mountain?

9. What happened when Jo saw Benjamin and Leah in town?

10. How does Grandpere help heal the rift between the father and the son?

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