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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. Why does Anna's father have difficulty publishing his writings in Switzerland?
(a) The Swiss do not read his type of writing.
(b) The Swiss want to remain neutral.
(c) There is no money available for publishing.
(d) The Swiss do not like Jews.

2. Where does Anna's mother think the family may end up for a while?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Holland.
(c) England.
(d) Norway.

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

4. Why is the passport dangerous for them?
(a) They are traveling without a man.
(b) They are fake passports.
(c) The children do not have passports.
(d) Anna's father is wanted.

5. With what does Anna become sick?
(a) The flu.
(b) Measles.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) Whooping cough.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, who do they find out will not be joining them?

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

3. What profession is the person Anna hears her mother tell her grandmother about?

4. What does Anna and Max call their grandmother?

5. Who is Max's friend at school?

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 Anna's father in Chapter 1 and why?

3. What does the family spend the next two weeks talking about and what do Anna's mother and father do after that? What do Anna's parents do everyday?

4. How does Anna get sick and what happens when she is sick? What does she hear?

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

6. How does Anna's father feel when he returns from Paris and why? What does he want to do and how does Anna's mother feel about that?

7. 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?

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

9. Why is her family famous?

10. What do Max and Anna think about the anti-Semitism and what does their mother say about it?

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