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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. Who is Anna's teacher?

2. What does Anna hear her father say when she is awake one morning?

3. What does Anna tell herself when she hears her mother talking to her grandmother?

4. What does Anna's mother order her and Max to do while they are being checked?

5. Where does Anna's grandmother live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is her family famous?

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

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

4. 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?

5. What conversation does Anna hear between her mother and Omama and what does she resolve to do?

6. In what city are Anna and her family's passports checked, and why might this be dangerous?

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

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

9. What train does Anna and her family board and what happens in Germany that day? How do the Nazis use that event?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anna is a nine year old Jewish girl living in Berlin in the winter of 1932-33. She has a brother named Max and her father is a famous writer and poet whose notoriety brings her family attention. Germany is on the brink of an election between the Nazis and the Sozis. If the Nazis win, Hitler will come to power.

1. What do you think are the biggest fears a nine year old girl in Anna's situation will face? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. How do you think having a famous parent affects a child's life? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. What do you think is meant by the statement "whose notoriety brings her family attention"? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

There are six major characters in this story. Choose one of the following questions in a well-developed, cohesive essay using examples from the text and your research or personal experience:

1. Compare and contrast Anna and Max.

2. Compare and contrast Anna's father with Onkel Julius.

3. Compare and contrast Frau Zwirn with Anna's mother.

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