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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's father do after fighting with her mother?
2. How long did the family believe they would stay away from Berlin when they left?
3. In what subject does Anna receive the term from question #165?
4. What has Anna decided to do about the French elementary school exam?
5. How does Max feel about learning French?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the problem with the gift Anna's father bought her mother and what do they try to do?
2. With reflection, what does Anna decide about her childhood?
3. What does Anna want to do about schooling and why can't she?
4. How is the family's first Christmas in Paris and why is it that way?
5. Why does Anna see more of her father?
6. Why does the family visit Switzerland and why are they able to go?
7. What is Anna's class like and how are her first attempts at her school assignments?
8. What does Anna's father buy her mother and why does he buy it?
9. How is Anna's father's job going, and what does she do that pleases him?
10. What has Anna decided to do and why does she have some fear about her decision?
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
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
Anna and her brother Max had some problems keeping up in the education system in France.
1. How important do you think education is to the German people at that time? Do you think education still is important in Germany? Why or why not? Use examples from "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and your own life to support your answer.
2. How do you think Anna and Max felt when their mother said they could not go to public schools? Is there any indication of their reaction? How would you feel under the same circumstances? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. Research a little on the Jewish culture's attitude towards education. Would their ideas about learning cause the school children to feel better or worse about being excluded from the schools in pre-WWII Germany? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
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