3. According to Daniel's teacher, why is Daniel always in trouble?
(a) He's from Poland.
(b) He's a natural troublemaker.
(c) He's a boy.
(d) He's Jewish.

4. What happens to Rosa and her family the summer of 1944?
(a) They move into Friedrich's apartment.
(b) They are separated.
(c) They are deported.
(d) They are killed.

5. According to Daniel, what hit him between the eyes when he was ten?
(a) A baseball.
(b) A soccer ball.
(c) A basketball.
(d) A tennis ball.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Daniel and his family leave their home, what do the authorities search them for?

4. Who is Daniel's favorite uncle?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. Why does Daniel not react when he and Fredrich find the elderly man dead in his apartment?

6. Why does Daniel's father insist they carry their belongings with them instead of doing what the Germans said and putting their belongings in the wagon?

7. How does tradition and the fact that Daniel's family has been in Germany for over a thousand years affect his parents' decisions about emigrating?

8. What does the Hitler Youth uniform Oma Miriam makes for Daniel symbolize?

9. What does the photograph of Rosa symbolize?

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

(see the answer keys)

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