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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 does Anna do before she goes to bed in Chapter 1?

2. How does Anna's father seem when he comes home in Chapter 11?

3. Why has Anna's father gone away?

4. How does Max spend much of his time at school?

5. How does Hitler take over the government in Germany?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is her family famous?

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

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

5. Why does Anna fight with her teacher, who gives her a hard time and what does her mother do?

6. How is Max doing in school and with whom does he spend his time playing?

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

8. Why is Anna upset when she wakes up in the morning in Chapter 2, and what does her mother tell her?

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

10. Where is Anna's family in Chapter 5, in what do they stay and what do they do one day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of individual freedom in the book. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess individual freedom? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of tradition in the text. What is Anna's father view of tradition? Anna's mother? Anna's? Why is tradition important to some characters? Is anyone willing to abandon traditional viewpoints? Who? What are the positive and negative sides to holding fast to tradition?

Essay Topic 2

Without Adolf Hitler's rise to power, WWII may never have occurred--at least on the European front; therefore, an understanding of the state of Germany at that time is essential to understanding many of the references in the book. Discuss the following:

1. Research and write an informative essay on the state of Germany during the 2 decades prior to the outbreak of WWII. What is the economy like? What are the major political parties? What do they stand for? What is the make-up of the German society as far as religious, racial and class?

2. How do you think the conditions in Germany before the Nazis led to the emergence of the Nazis to power? Use examples from "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and your own life to support your answer.

3. Do you think the way Hitler used the Jewish people as a focus for the Germans on a scapegoat for the conditions in Germany could have been done with any group of people? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Anna is upset that she cannot find her father. Eventually Anna's mother explains to her and Max that their father has left for Prague because he fears that if the Nazis win the upcoming election he would be in danger, along with his family. Anna's mother swears her children to secrecy. They must tell no one where he has gone.

1. How do you think it affects a nine year old girl who cannot find her father who is normally there? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think at nine years old Anna was old enough to understand the danger her father might face? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Do you think it was wise for Anna's mother to tell her children the truth and swear them to secrecy? Does it seem difficult to imagine children that age being able to keep such a big secret? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

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