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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 is Daniel doing when Rosa walks into the room for the first time?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sitting in his underwear.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Taking a shower.

2. Which uncle refuses to listen to Daniel's father about being prudent in Lodz?
(a) Uncle Ned.
(b) Uncle Peter.
(c) Uncle Aaron.
(d) Uncle Leo.

3. When Daniel looks up from his photo album who is staring at him?
(a) Erika.
(b) HIs father.
(c) Uncle Aaron.
(d) His mother.

4. After France and Great Britain declared war on Germany, what does Daniel's family need to get groceries?
(a) Jewish money.
(b) Ration cards.
(c) German money.
(d) Food stamps.

5. What happens to Uncle Peter six days after Daniel takes Erika to the newsreels?
(a) He's arrested.
(b) He's deported to England.
(c) He's killed.
(d) He's sent to the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosa want Daniel to promise her if deportation begins?

2. Where is Rosa actually from?

3. What do the Germans search for in the ghetto apartments in June 1944?

4. What is the event is depicted in the first photograph, dated March 30, 1933?

5. Where do Daniel's family have to clean their bodies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the photograph of Rosa symbolize?

5. What is the significance of Daniel being able to identify the pictures by feel?

6. Why is Erika statement, "But maybe if we can hold out long enough, the war will end before they have a chance to kill us" important to the theme of chapter six?

7. What purpose does the character of Mr. Schneider serve to the overall plot?

8. Why does Daniel say the Gestapo officer saw them as only insects?

9. Why is the scene with Daniel and his friends skirmish with the Hitler Youth boys important to the story?

10. What is the importance of keeping Erika's violin in the cupboard with the radio?

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