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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 does her family do for Anna's tenth birthday?
(a) Takes her on an outing.
(b) Takes her to see her grandmother.
(c) Throws her a party at home.
(d) Takes her shopping.

2. How many children does the owner of the inn have?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. What are the names of the two German children who come to play with Anna and Max?
(a) Nathen and Oscar.
(b) They never find out their names.
(c) Michael and Druden.
(d) Siegfried and Gudrun.

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

5. What does Anna think about what she is learning from her teacher?
(a) He is interesting and she has learned a lot.
(b) She thinks he is a little young to be teaching.
(c) She'd rather have a woman teacher.
(d) He does not seem to teach them much.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anna's mother order her and Max to do while they are being checked?

2. What happens when Anna runs a high fever?

3. What does Anna's father say to her about Switzerland?

4. What do Anna and Max decide to tell their friends about their father?

5. Where does Anna's father think they might go if they leave Switzerland?

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. Why is there some tension between Anna and Vreneli?

3. What does Anna's mother tell her and her brother about the news her mother gives them?

4. 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?

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

6. What conversation does Anna hear between her mother and Omama and what does she resolve to do?

7. What birthday does Anna have in Chapter 8, how does she celebrate and how does that go?

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

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

10. How is Anna's father feeling about his work and Germany?

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