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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. What did the Lieutenant ask Jo?

2. What does Grandpere admit he is doing with Madame Horcada?

3. What did the villagers bring up the mountain?

4. What advice did Benjamin give Jo regarding Anya?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens after the German leave?

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

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

7. Why does the Corporal decide to leave?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Leah. What made her come into the house? Why did this make Benjamin angry? How did she react to his anger? How was she comforted?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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