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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. Where does the family first stay when they are reunited with their father?

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

3. What does Fraulein Heimpel do for Anna's family?

4. What does Anna's mother do with the boy from question #58?

5. Why does Anna's mother learn knitting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What almost ruins the family's trip to Paris and what do they think might be the reason?

2. What happens to Anna's father in Chapter 1 and why?

3. 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?

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

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

6. How do Anna and Max experience anti-Semitism in school?

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

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

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

10. What is the family doing at the beginning of Chapter 3 and who helps them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Do you think racism still exists in Germany? What about the United States? Why or why not? Use examples from the text, from research and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss in depth several things that you can do in your own life to help stop prejudice against any group of people. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. According to the hate crime law, any person harming another person and the primary motivation is prejudice or hatred that crime is more serious than the same act against a person that does not have that motivation. Do you think this is a good law? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

4. Do you think anti-Semitism is racism? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 3

Anna overhears her father say that the Nazis have won the elections and that they won't be going back to Germany. Hitler has had their property confiscated. He has stolen Anna's stuffed pink rabbit, which makes her very angry.

1. How do you think it feels to a child to know she will never see her home again? Use examples from "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and your own life to support your answer.

2. Why do you think Anna focused her anger on her pink rabbit being gone? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. What was the advantages, financially, to Hitler to declare Jewish property forfeit and thus confiscate it for the government? Use examples from "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and your own life to support your answer.

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