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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. Why couldn't Jo concentrate in school?

2. What is Jo supposed to do to look natural for the soldiers?

3. Who did Maman want to involve in her plan?

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

5. What danger did the villagers face as they went up the mountain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unnerving about moving up the mountain?

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

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

4. What happened to the bear that Benjamin raised?

5. How does Jo feel about the return of his father?

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

7. What does the corporal confess to Jo, and how does he respond to Jo's proclamation that he was friends with Benjamin and Leah?

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

9. What happens after the German leave?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was Madame Horcada viewed by the village children? What did Jo learn about her as he spied through the window?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Anya's return and what it signified.

Essay Topic 3

What is a Jew, according to this book. Why were the Germans trying to kill the Jews?

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