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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. With whom is Anna's father very busy?

2. What does Anna think about what she is learning from her teacher?

3. Why does Anna's family move out of where they are staying?

4. Where has Anna's father gone?

5. What do Anna and her father decide they might be?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who comes home from school with Anna and her sibling, and what do they do?

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

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

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

7. Why is her family famous?

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

9. What happens to Pumpel and how does Omama feel about it?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Onkel Julius has died, apparently committing suicide after being severely oppressed by the Nazis.

1. Do you think suicide is a reasonable answer to a person's problems? Why or why not? Use examples from "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss the following statement: Suicide is permanent whereas most problems are not. Use examples from "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and your own life to support your answer.

3. What other options do you think Onkel Julius might have had other than suicide? Use examples from the text, from research and your own life to support your answer.

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