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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. Why is Grete gloomy?

2. Where does Anna's mother want to go in Chapter 22?

3. What is the term the school uses if a child passes a subject way above passing grade?

4. What is wrong with what Anna's father bought her mother?

5. What is Anna's mother becoming in the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does Francine do with Anna when they visit and what does Anna do that pleases her Aunt Sarah?

4. With is Anna's mother learning to do and with what does she have some problems?

5. How does Anna do on her elementary examinations?

6. Why does Anna see more of her father?

7. Why does the family visit Switzerland and why are they able to go?

8. 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?

9. With what family does Anna's family spend time and why?

10. What is the problem with the gift Anna's father bought her mother and what do they try to do?

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

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 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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