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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the stranger react when they tell him about the curfew?

2. What did Father Lasalle plan to have during evening Mass?

3. Why did Grandpere choose to tell the secret?

4. Why couldn't Jo concentrate in school?

5. What advice did Benjamin give Jo regarding Anya?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the border is in sight?

2. What happened while Jo was out looking for eagles with the Corporal?

3. Why does the Corporal decide to leave?

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

5. What is the children's new hiding spot like, and how did they find it?

6. What happens while Jo's father is answering the questions?

7. What is life like for Jo after the war?

8. What happens when the Germans arrive?

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

10. What happened to the bear that Benjamin raised?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Jo feel about Laurent's plan, and why did he do it? What happened after they scared the woman?

Essay Topic 2

Most of the men in the village went off to war. How has this affected the village as a whole? How has it affected Jo? How does he compensate for the loss of his father?

Essay Topic 3

When Jo joined the Corporal on the search for eagles, he began to see the man in a different manner. How did keep you him at first, and how did his feelings change? How did this add conflict to the story?

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