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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 would Anna's mother do with extra money?

2. Who visits Sarah sometimes to play cards?

3. What language besides French does Anna's teacher speak?

4. How does Anna's family feel on the boat to England?

5. In the beginning of Chapter 19, what does Anna hit as far as speaking French is concerned?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Anna and Max finally go to school and what is difficult for them?

2. How does Max feel about French?

3. How does Anna get new shoes?

4. How do Max and Anna do with their new teacher, and how is the family adjusting to life in Paris?

5. With reflection, what does Anna decide about her childhood?

6. 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?

7. What has Anna decided to do and why does she have some fear about her decision?

8. What does Anna want to do about schooling and why can't she?

9. How does Anna's mother get some cloth for clothing?

10. What disturbs Anna's father and how is the situation resolved?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an important part of what makes "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Anna. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Anna's father. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Max. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

4. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Anna's mother. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Onkel Julius visits as well, and explains to them that the Nazis have burned all the books of prominent Jewish intellectuals, including Anna's father's books. Her father even has trouble publishing in Switzerland because the Swiss are so intent on maintaining their neutrality with the Nazis. Nonetheless, their family manages to survive financially.

1. What are the political advantages to burning books for a totalitarian government? Use examples from the text, research and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think it was wise of the Swiss not to publish Anna's father's writings? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Some would say by remaining neutral in the second World War Switzerland acted as a coward. What do you think are some of the reasons a country might want to remain neutral in a war? Use examples from "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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