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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. About a month after Oma Miriam dies, who comes to Daniel's home?
2. What does Daniel think of his mother's appearance in Chapter 3?
3. Why is Daniel's father exempt from the Germans' shipping Jews off to other locations?
4. During the night after Daniel's family leaves their home, why can't Erika stop crying?
5. What does Rosa want Daniel to promise her if deportation begins?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the photograph of Rosa symbolize?
2. What significance does Oma Miriam's death have on Daniel?
3. What does Daniel mean when he says that Rosa's smile was an act of defiance?
4. What is the significance of sending Uncle Peter's ashes to his family?
5. 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?
6. Why does Erika's speech to Daniel and Rosa about choosing love instead of hate say about the theme of the novel?
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. Why was Daniel in a rush to take the picture of Erika and Rosa another important part of chapter eight?
9. What is most important about the two photographs Daniel recalls in chapter two?
10. Why does Daniel not react when he and Fredrich find the elderly man dead in his apartment?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Erika use her violin to express her spirit throughout the book? What impact does it have on the overall story and on the family? Use the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Describe in an expository essay how Daniel's camera is an extension of himself and in what ways does he use it to illustrate the changes taking place for the Jewish people.Use the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Describe what the Hitler Youth uniform symbolizes for Daniel and for others.What does the Hitler Youth uniform symbolize and what motivation does Oma Miriam have for creating a fake one for Daniel? How does this effect him and what does it mean for those who wear real ones? Use the text to support your answer. Use the text to support your answer.
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