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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oma Miriam write in her note to Daniel's family?
(a) She fears what was ahead.
(b) She is hungry.
(c) She is sorry for making them take care of her.
(d) She loves them.

2. During the winter of 1943, what becomes scare?
(a) Soap.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Coal.
(d) Eggs.

3. In Daniel's photograph from May 1944, where are Rosa and Erika standing?
(a) A sewing factory.
(b) A school.
(c) A hospital.
(d) An apartment.

4. The summer of 1943, who does Daniel see every day?
(a) Rats.
(b) Uncle Ned.
(c) Rosa.
(d) German soldiers.

5. When Daniel and his family are being marched through the streets of Frankfurt, what does Daniel feel?
(a) Tired.
(b) Sad.
(c) Happy.
(d) Helpless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Uncle Peter and other Jewish professors?

2. What is the purpose of the public exhibition called "The Eternal Jew"?

3. After Daniel's tenth birthday, what does his teacher do to him to show the class Daniel is inferior?

4. When is the last class picture taken of Daniel at public school?

5. What is Daniel's family doing the first time he met Rosa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significance does Oma Miriam's death have on Daniel?

2. What is significant about the Brown Shirt boycott of Daniel's father's store?

3. What does Daniel's family's delousing of their clothing and bedding and the parents' attempts to give them a balanced diet mean to the overall plot?

4. The day after the Brown Shirt incident, Uncle Peter comes to take a picture of the word, Jew sprayed on Daniel's father's store. Why is this action of importance that it should be photographed?

5. What is significant about Rosa and Daniel teaching the father a lesson about stealing bread from his children?

6. What is the significance of sending Uncle Peter's ashes to his family?

7. Why did Daniel feel he had to go see "The Eternal Jew"?

8. What is the tragedy of the kitchen workers at the sewing factory keeping the good vegetables for themselves?

9. How does Daniel's inability to promise Rosa he will hide when his family's deportation papers come demonstrate his love for them?

10. What does Daniel mean when he says that Rosa's smile was an act of defiance?

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