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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. How does Anna's composition compare to the rest of the students in Paris?
2. What language besides French does Anna's teacher speak?
3. What does Anna do that pleases her father?
4. How does Sarah get Anna's mother to take some cloth?
5. What was the confrontation with the concierge about?
Short Essay Questions
1. What relative does Anna's mother take her to see and why is communication difficult? Why is that relative in France?
2. With reflection, what does Anna decide about her childhood?
3. How do Max and Anna do with their new teacher, and how is the family adjusting to life in Paris?
4. How do Anna and Max finally go to school and what is difficult for them?
5. How does Anna get new shoes?
6. How is Anna's family doing by the spring, what are they doing and who in the household feels gloomy? Why does she feel gloomy?
7. How is Anna adapting to the French language, why does this cause problems with her mother and what resolves the issue?
8. How does Max feel about French?
9. What is Anna's father attempting to do to earn more money and how does this lead her mother to want to move to England?
10. How is Anna's father's job going, and what does she do that pleases him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think it is important that "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" was written? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
2. Do you think the story accomplished what the author set out to do? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
3. Explain why you might or might not read another book by this author about another young Jewish person. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
1. What does it mean to be Jewish? Is it a cultural, racial, or religious designation...or some combination of the three? Use examples from "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and your own life to support your answer.
2. What contributions have the Jewish people made to humanity over the last 1000 years? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. Compare and contrast the major beliefs of the Jewish faith with Christianity. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Anna is upset that she cannot find her father. Eventually Anna's mother explains to her and Max that their father has left for Prague because he fears that if the Nazis win the upcoming election he would be in danger, along with his family. Anna's mother swears her children to secrecy. They must tell no one where he has gone.
1. How do you think it affects a nine year old girl who cannot find her father who is normally there? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
2. Do you think at nine years old Anna was old enough to understand the danger her father might face? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
3. Do you think it was wise for Anna's mother to tell her children the truth and swear them to secrecy? Does it seem difficult to imagine children that age being able to keep such a big secret? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.
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