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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 many children were brought to safety?
(a) One
(b) 11
(c) None
(d) Five

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

3. Where were the children hiding?
(a) Behind rocks
(b) Under the floorboards
(c) Under the roots of a large tree
(d) In a cave

4. What alerted the soldiers on the mountain?
(a) A gunshot
(b) Grandpere's yell
(c) The bear
(d) Leah's scream

5. Why did Grandpere choose to tell the secret?
(a) He forgot it was supposed to be a secret.
(b) Madame Horcada released him from his promise.
(c) He thought they needed help.
(d) Papa thought his son was betraying him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Madame Horcada say about Maman?

2. What did the Lieutenant ask Jo?

3. Papa does all the following by himself except what?

4. What did Jo's family often do on Sundays?

5. What did the Corporal give Hubert as a gift?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After Benjamin and Leah are sent away, what thought comforts Jo?

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

4. Who visits Jo at the very end of the book?

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

6. How did Hubert react to the news that the Germans were leaving?

7. Who came up with the idea for getting the children safe, and why was this surprising?

8. How does the Corporal show that he cares about Hubert?

9. What does Jo do when the German's come to Madame Horcada's house after his Grandpere leaves?

10. What happens after the German leave?

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