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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. What happens the second time the German children play with Anna and Max?
(a) Their mother is not there.
(b) Their mother becomes angry.
(c) Anna accidentally gets her arm cut.
(d) They ask the two to visit them at home.

2. Why would Anna's family leave Switzerland?
(a) They are deporting Jews.
(b) To go to America.
(c) They won't publish her father's writings.
(d) So he doesn't have to fight against Germany.

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

4. What kind of intellectual abilities does Max have?
(a) He is very bright.
(b) He is slightly slow.
(c) He is very far behind all of his class.
(d) He is average.

5. What is the name of the female child who is Anna's age?
(a) Bernice.
(b) Christine.
(c) Chamanea.
(d) Vreneli.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Anna's teacher?

2. What do Anna and Max have to do when they start school in Switzerland?

3. Who will check their passports when the train stops?

4. Why has Anna's father gone away?

5. Where does Anna's family move?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Onkel Julius have to tell when he visits and why is the family's finances troubled?

4. Why is her family famous?

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

6. Where does Anna's family move from Zurich, who does she meet and what do she and Max do there?

7. What does Anna's father tell her about her behavior and what do they learn about the German government and her father?

8. What must Anna and Max do before they leave?

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

10. What does Anna's father explain to her about Switzerland and his work and what does he and Anna decide they are?

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