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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. What is Mouse's real name?
2. In Part One, Chapter 5, who is the neighbor who always tries to give Friedrich home remedies for his birthmark?
3. In Part One, Chapter 22, how old was Elisabeth when Friedrich remembers her playing the same song he plays on his harmonica?
4. At the beginning of Part One, Chapter 5, what does Friedrich smell?
5. How old is Mike in Part Two, Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part Two, Chapter 8, what is Mrs. Sturbridge's house like?
2. In Part Two, Chapter 11, what happens when Mr. Howard takes Frankie and Mike to Highlander's Department Store?
3. In Chapter 19, what do Friedrich and Uncle Gunter gather from Friedrich's house?
4. Why does Mrs. von Gerber visit in Chapter 22?
5. What does Elisabeth say about her childhood in Part One, Chapter 10?
6. How does Mike find time to play the piano in Part Two, Chapter 2?
7. Why is there a birth certificate that says that Friedrich died?
8. In Part Two, Chapter 3, where are Mike and Frankie sent to be punished?
9. In Chapter 16, why does Rudolph leave instead of playing music with Martin and a friend?
10. What is the emblem for the harmonica factory, and why might it have to be removed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The midwife tells each princess that her fate is not sealed when she takes each one to the forest. What does the midwife’s prophecy imply about fate and destiny as the prophecy is uttered and as it is fulfilled?
Essay Topic 2
Both Elisabeth and Mike have to be responsible for younger siblings. How are the responsibilities that Mike and Elisabeth have similar and why their actions are so important in preserving what is left of their families?
Essay Topic 3
The midwife in the untitled first section of the novel proclaims a prophecy when she leaves each of the princesses with the witch. How does the prophecy apply to Otto, Friedrich, Mike, and Ivy as well as the princesses?
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