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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. From where are the two German children who come to play with Anna and Max?
(a) Frankfurt.
(b) Munich.
(c) Stuttgart.
(d) Berlin.

2. What does Anna's mother have the children do about their father's absence?
(a) Watch for strange men hanging out on the street.
(b) Swear to keep it a secret.
(c) Send their grandfather a sympathy card.
(d) Write to him about his assignment.

3. What does Anna notice when her family are on the train to go to Paris?
(a) The train is very noisy.
(b) The train is dirty and smelly.
(c) The people on the train are mostly refugees.
(d) The train is heading for Stuttgart.

4. Why has Anna's father gone away?
(a) He has an event to write about.
(b) His mother has died.
(c) He fears the results of the election.
(d) A German criminal lord is after him.

5. What is the name of the new friend Anna makes when she starts school?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Genevieve.
(c) Roseli.
(d) Priscilla.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Anna runs a high fever?

2. What is the name of Anna's grandmother's dog?

3. What does Anna's family visit in Chapter 7?

4. What does Anna think has happened to her pink rabbit?

5. What does Anna say her mother was doing in question #57?

Short Essay Questions

1. What train does Anna and her family board and what happens in Germany that day? How do the Nazis use that event?

2. What happens to Pumpel and how does Omama feel about it?

3. What does Anna's mother tell her children to do when they are being checked and what is the end result at that checkpoint?

4. Where does Anna's father go in Chapter 10, and who watches the children when he is gone?

5. Why is her family famous?

6. How does Anna like school in Switerland, who are her friends and with whom does she prefer to play?

7. What almost ruins the family's trip to Paris and what do they think might be the reason?

8. How do Anna and Max experience anti-Semitism in school?

9. Who is the first character introduced in the book, what year is it, how old is she and where does she live? Who is her sibling?

10. Who comes home from school with Anna and her sibling, and what do they do?

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