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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. Why has Anna's father gone away?
2. What is the price the Nazis have put on Anna's father's head?
3. Where is Anna's family in Chapter 5?
4. What does Anna think about what she is learning from her teacher?
5. How many children does the owner of the inn have?
Short Essay Questions
1. What must Anna and Max do before they leave?
2. Where does Anna's mother say they will probably go, what do Anna and Max tell the other children about their father and where does their father arrive safely?
3. What does Anna's father explain to her about Switzerland and his work and what does he and Anna decide they are?
4. Where does Anna's family move from Zurich, who does she meet and what do she and Max do there?
5. What happens to Anna's father in Chapter 1 and why?
6. Where does Anna's father go in Chapter 10, and who watches the children when he is gone?
7. What happens to Pumpel and how does Omama feel about it?
8. What does Anna's mother tell her and her brother about the news her mother gives them?
9. What train does Anna and her family board and what happens in Germany that day? How do the Nazis use that event?
10. What does Anna's father tell her about her behavior and what do they learn about the German government and her father?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Onkel Julius visits as well, and explains to them that the Nazis have burned all the books of prominent Jewish intellectuals, including Anna's father's books. Her father even has trouble publishing in Switzerland because the Swiss are so intent on maintaining their neutrality with the Nazis. Nonetheless, their family manages to survive financially.
1. What are the political advantages to burning books for a totalitarian government? Use examples from the text, research and your own life to support your answer.
2. Do you think it was wise of the Swiss not to publish Anna's father's writings? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. Some would say by remaining neutral in the second World War Switzerland acted as a coward. What do you think are some of the reasons a country might want to remain neutral in a war? Use examples from "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
1. Research pre-WWII Germany and learn about the legal, political and human resistance to Hitler's growing repression and control of Germany. Do you think Anna's father taking his family out of Germany was a form of resistance? Why or why not? Use examples from "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and your own life to support your answer.
2. How much resistance is offered? Who offered the most--religious institutions? Social institutions? Political groups? Use examples from the text, research and your own life to support your answer.
3. How do the educational, social and religious institutions oppose Hitler? Are there Protests? Legal injunctions? Elections? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
4. Why do you think those groups/individuals fail to halt Hitler's advance to power? Use examples from "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Characters are an important part of what makes "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Anna. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Anna's father. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Max. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
4. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Anna's mother. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
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